LibGuides: Elections & Voting: Elections

Massachusetts Ballot Measures Photo of a Massachusetts Ballot Question that reads "Yes" or "No." The picture include partial summary of the ballot, and part of a mailing envelop

Proposed Ballot Questions
Voters' Guide to 2024 Massachusetts Ballot Questions
Created by the Center for State Policy Analysis from Tufts University: "to help voters understand policy issues in Massachusetts, we provide non-partisan research on all state ballot questions."
Massachusetts 2024 Certified Ballot Measures
As of September 14, 2024, five statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in Massachusetts for the election on November 5, 2024.
MA Ballot Question 1
Authorize the state auditor to audit the state legislature, and remove some existing regulations regarding the auditing process
MA Ballot Question 2
Repeal the requirement that students must achieve a certain competency level on the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam to graduate high school
MA Ballot Question 3
Provide for unionizing and collective bargaining for transportation network drivers
MA Ballot Question 4
Allow persons 21 years of age or older to grow, possess, and use natural psychedelic substances, as well as establish a commission to regulate the licensing of psychedelic substances and services
MA Ballot Question 5
Increase the minimum wage for tipped employees to meet the state's standard minimum wage

Upcoming Elections

Upcoming Elections (dates)

New Hampshire Ballot Measures

New Hampshire 2024 Certified Ballot Measures
As of September 16, 2024, one statewide ballot measure has been certified the ballot in New Hampshire for elections in 2024.
NH Ballot Question 1
Increase Mandatory Judicial Retirement Age Amendment: Increase the mandatory judicial retirement age from 70 to 75

What are Federal Electrions?

In the Federal elections, you vote for:

U.S. House of Representatives (position is a 2-year term)
U.S. Senate (position is a 6-year term)
U.S. President (position is a 4-year term)

Media Coverage

Electoral College
Analysis of the Elections

What is the Electoral College? Voting cubicles with signs that read vote with the US flag.

"The Electoral College is a process, not a place. The Founding Fathers established it in the Constitution, in part, as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens" (National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).The process includes the following:

Selection of electors
Meeting of electors who cast votes for the president and vice president
Counting of the electors’ votes by Congress (USA Gov, 2024).

To learn more about the casting of the votes for the president and vice president elections, click on the links below.

How are elections documented and analyzed? Election Results Red Symbol Election Vector, Red, Symbol, Election PNG and Vector with Transparent Background for Free Download

The links below contain data, information, and analysis of the elections.

Pew Research Institute
Election Result Archive
"A searchable database of Massachusetts historical election results and statistics, all from Public Document 43."