{"schema_version":"ctm-results-open-data-v1","dataset":"2026 official election results: ballot measures, Massachusetts","publisher":"Call the Map (callthemap.com/results)","license":{"name":"CC BY 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","terms":"Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0): free to copy, share and adapt, commercially too, with credit to Call the Map (callthemap.com/results). The counts themselves are official public records from state and county election offices. Rows whose source is civicAPI must also credit civicAPI (civicapi.org), as its terms ask."},"credit":"Call the Map (callthemap.com/results); counts in part from civicAPI (civicapi.org), compiled from state and county election offices","last_updated_utc":"2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","source_read_utc":"2026-11-14T11:54:01Z","sources":["civicAPI"],"about":"One row per statewide ballot measure: yes and no votes and where the count stands against the share the state requires.","columns":[{"name":"state","about":"Two-letter state code."},{"name":"measure","about":"The measure's title as the office prints it."},{"name":"yes_votes","about":"Yes votes counted."},{"name":"no_votes","about":"No votes counted."},{"name":"yes_share_pct","about":"Yes as a share of yes and no, in percent."},{"name":"needs_pct","about":"The yes share the measure needs to pass: 50 unless the state asks more (Florida's amendments, 60)."},{"name":"on_the_count","about":"passing or failing as counted so far, against needs_pct; empty with no votes."},{"name":"count_updated_utc","about":"When the source last says it counted, UTC, where it says."},{"name":"source","about":"Who counted: the state's election office, or civicAPI, which gathers the states' and counties' own counts. A civicAPI row must credit civicAPI."},{"name":"source_url","about":"Where the count was read."},{"name":"source_read_utc","about":"When Call the Map last read the source, UTC (ISO 8601)."}],"rows":[["MA","Question 1 - Public Records Law for Legislature and Governor's Office",2204157,361117,85.92,50,"passing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 3 - Top-Two Primary Elections",1001183,1568506,38.96,50,"failing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 9 - Firearm Regulations Referendum",1758393,852840,67.34,50,"passing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 4 - Same-Day Voter Registration",1448320,1121252,56.36,50,"passing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 2 - Collective Bargaining for Public Counsel Services Employees",1620863,911778,64,50,"passing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 6 - Nature for All Fund",1550031,998031,60.83,50,"passing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 5 - Change State Tax Revenue Limit",1210801,1327689,47.7,50,"failing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 7 - Limit on Required Lot Size for Single-Family Homes",1257782,1290405,49.36,50,"failing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"],["MA","Question 8 - Eliminate Recreational Marijuana Sales",633665,1966869,24.37,50,"failing","2026-11-14T04:48:12Z","civicAPI","https://civicapi.org/race/87266","2026-11-14T11:54:01Z"]]}