Mass. ballots included five ballot measures this year. After receiving official election results, voters approved the removal of the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam graduation requirement, the auditing of the state legislature, and to allow ride-share drivers to join labor unions. Voters turned down legalizing psychedelic substances and tipped minimum wage.

Question 1

Question 1 gives new powers to the State Auditor, allowing them the authority to audit the Legislature.

Question 2

Question 2 eliminates the requirement for high school students to pass the MCAS exams in order to graduate. 

Question 3

Question 3 allows ride-share drivers, who work for Uber or Lyft, to join a labor union.

Question 4

The results of Question 4 determined that people aged 21 and over will not be able to grow, use, or possess the following psychedelic substances: psilocybin, psilocin, dimethyltryptamine, mescaline, and ibogaine.

Question 5

The results of Question 5 will not allow the state to gradually raise the tipped minimum wage over a five-year period, which would have started on Jan. 1, 2025 and ended on Jan. 1, 2029.