Election 2026
Statewide ballot questions on your Nov. 3 ballot: what YES and NO do, and who is paying
The official YES and NO statements in the state's own words, and the money on each side from the committees' own campaign finance reports.
Every voter in Massachusetts sees the same statewide questions on Nov. 3. Each card gives the official YES and NO statements, the Attorney General's certification where there is one, the committees registered to support or oppose the question with what they have raised, and links to the full text of each law. Both sides get the same fields in the same order. Individual donors are counted, not named. This page covers three questions.
- Question 2: Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees
- Question 6: Natural Resource Conservation Fund
- Question 7: Single Family Homes
Question 2 Collective Bargaining for CPCS Employees
Law Proposed by Initiative Petition. The Attorney General certified it as petition 25-22 on Sept. 3, 2025.
A YES VOTE would specify that Committee for Public Counsel Services employees may form a union to collectively bargain with their employer.
A NO VOTE would make no change to the law governing labor relations for Committee for Public Counsel Service employees.
The YES and NO statements are written jointly by the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Who is paying
Committees for YES
Labor Unions for Public Counsel Workers Rights
Organized Sept. 11, 2025. Has reported $1.1 million in cash receipts. OCPF counts $1.1 million of its spending toward Question 2.
Largest organization donors, cash and in-kind: National Association of Government Employees $542,060; Seiu Local 888 $541,000.
Democratic Socialists For a Fair Massachusetts
Organized June 23, 2026. Has reported $50 in cash receipts, plus $5,655 in in-kind help. OCPF counts $6 of its spending toward Question 2.
This committee supports Questions 1, 2, 4, 7 and 9; its receipts are not all for Question 2.
Largest organization donors, cash and in-kind: Democratic Socialists of America, Inc $5,000; Massachusetts Democratic Socialists of America, Inc $655.
One cash gift from an individual, $50, on July 15, 2026.
Committees for NO
No committee opposing Question 2 is registered with OCPF.
Money: each committee's reports on file with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, through Oct. 15, filed Oct. 20, 2026. Question 2 in the state voter guide. Full text of the law. Both sides' full arguments.
Question 6 Natural Resource Conservation Fund
Law Proposed by Initiative Petition. The Attorney General certified it as petition 25-15 on Sept. 3, 2025.
A YES VOTE would create a fund that could be utilized for natural resource conservation that would receive some state taxes collected on the sale and use of sporting goods and recreational vehicles, and the use of golf courses.
A NO VOTE would not create this natural resource conservation fund or change how sales and use taxes are spent.
The YES and NO statements are written jointly by the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Who is paying
Committees for YES
Organized Aug. 12, 2025. Has reported $3.7 million in cash receipts, plus $584,240 in in-kind help. OCPF counts $3.5 million of its spending toward Question 6.
Largest organization donors, cash and in-kind: Mass Audubon $1.1 million; The Trustees of Reservations $820,424; Conservation Law Foundation $310,163; Trust For Public Land $97,454.
85 cash gifts from individuals, $1.7 million in all, the largest $800,000 on Sept. 2, 2025.
Committees for NO
No committee opposing Question 6 is registered with OCPF.
Money: each committee's reports on file with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, through Oct. 15, filed Oct. 20, 2026. Question 6 in the state voter guide. Full text of the law. Both sides' full arguments.
Question 7 Single Family Homes
Law Proposed by Initiative Petition. The Attorney General certified it as petition 25-03 on Sept. 3, 2025.
A YES VOTE would allow single-family homes to be built on lots of 5,000 square feet or more in residential areas, subject to reasonable local regulation of certain aspects of those homes.
A NO VOTE would make no change to the law relative to building single-family homes.
The YES and NO statements are written jointly by the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Who is paying
Committees for YES
Organized Aug. 14, 2025. Has reported $1.5 million in cash receipts, plus $3,258 in in-kind help. OCPF counts $1.5 million of its spending toward Question 7.
Largest organization donors, cash and in-kind: Greater Boston Real Estate Board $350,000; Mass Association of Realtors PAC $350,000; Mass Association of Realtors $150,000.
66 cash gifts from individuals, $122,290 in all, the largest $50,000 on March 18, 2026.
Abundant Housing Legalize Starter Homes
Organized July 6, 2026. Has reported $250,000 in cash receipts, plus $24,458 in in-kind help. OCPF counts $144,488 of its spending toward Question 7.
Largest organization donors, cash and in-kind: Welcoming Neighbors Network $250,000; Abundant Housing Massachusetts $24,458.
Democratic Socialists For a Fair Massachusetts
Organized June 23, 2026. Has reported $50 in cash receipts, plus $5,655 in in-kind help. OCPF counts $6 of its spending toward Question 7.
This committee also backs Questions 1, 2, 4 and 9.
Largest organization donors, cash and in-kind: Democratic Socialists of America, Inc $5,000; Massachusetts Democratic Socialists of America, Inc $655.
One cash gift from an individual, $50, on July 15, 2026.
Committees for NO
No committee opposing Question 7 is registered with OCPF.
Money: each committee's reports on file with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance, through Oct. 15, filed Oct. 20, 2026. Question 7 in the state voter guide. Full text of the law. Both sides' full arguments.
Sources: the Secretary of the Commonwealth's 2026 Information for Voters booklet; the Attorney General's certifications as printed in the petitions' House documents; reports filed with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance (ocpf.us). Found an error? Tell us.