2012 Mass. Ballot QuestionsStories about Massachusetts ballot questions in 2012.More Than $9 Million Spent On Mass. Ballot IssuesThe only question that was rejected by voters attracted the most spending — physician-assisted suicide.Local CoverageNov 30, 2012Medical Marijuana In Mass. Poses Federal ChallengeStill illegal under federal law, the medical marijuana ballot initiative passed by Mass. voters creates challenges for state regulators.PlayLocal Coverage07:04Nov 15, 2012Advertisement Gov. Patrick: I Voted For Assisted Suicide MeasurePatrick told reporters Wednesday that he supported the question after his experience with his mother at the end of her life.Local CoverageNov 8, 2012After Ballot Defeat, What's Next For Assisted Suicide Supporters?The measure would have let terminally ill patients with less than six months to live get a fatal prescription from a doctor.PlayLocal Coverage04:59Nov 7, 2012A Smoky Path For Medical Marijuana In Mass.The ballot measure passed with a strong majority, but how will medical marijuana be implemented in Massachusetts?PlayLocal Coverage03:45Nov 7, 2012Map: Mass. Town-By-Town Election ResultsHow'd your town vote? See here on our interactive map.Local CoverageNov 7, 2012Mass. Voters Approve Auto Repair QuestionMassachusetts voters have approved a ballot question requiring automakers to provide car owners and independent repair shops with access to their diagnostic systems.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012Mass. Voters Approve Use Of Medical MarijuanaMassachusetts residents have approved a new law legalizing medical marijuana.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012Maps: Complete 2012 Election ResultsComplete election day results for the 2012 presidential race and the state of Massachusetts.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012Latest Updates: Election Day In Mass.Follow along for WBUR's complete coverage of Election Day and Night.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012Poll: Mass. Voters Split On Life-Ending Medication, Favor Medical MarijuanaThe poll found 44 percent support allowing terminally ill patients to obtain medication to end their lives, and 42 percent opposed the ideaLocal CoverageNov 5, 2012On Doctor-Assisted Suicide, Stances Rooted In Intimate ExperiencesThe main backer and main opponent of the physician-assisted suicide ballot question explain their very personal reasons for becoming involved in this issue.Local CoverageOct 25, 2012Mass. Voters Consider Physician-Assisted SuicideLeaders on opposite sides of Massachusetts' right to die debate are fighting for the same reason: Both have watched loved ones receive fatal diagnoses.Local CoverageOct 20, 2012Gov. Patrick Leaning Away From Medical Marijuana Gov. Patrick says he is leaning toward favoring life-ending medication, and that he has no personal experience with marijuana, medical or otherwise.Local CoverageSep 27, 2012Mass. Voters To Weigh In On 'Death With Dignity' Act We speak with people on both sides of Question 2, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide.PlayLocal Coverage07:07Sep 24, 2012Retired Ohio Exec Bankrolling Mass. Medical Marijuana InitiativeProponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Massachusetts have a huge money advantage over opponents of the 2012 ballot question, almost entirely due to the contributions of one deep-pocketed out-of-state advocate.Local CoverageSep 10, 2012Mass. Officials Announce Fall Ballot QuestionsThe three on the ballot: medical marijuana legalization, allowing "aid in dying" and a right-to-repair measure.Local CoverageJul 11, 20123 Ballot Questions Face Signature DeadlineBallot campaigns must turn in at least 11,485 signatures by Tuesday to lock in their proposals for November votes.Local CoverageJul 2, 2012Mass. Teacher Union OKs Deal On Ballot QuestionThe Mass. Teachers Association said the bill narrows the scope of the ballot question, which they say would greatly reduce collective bargaining rights.Local CoverageJun 8, 2012Group: Mass. Patient Suicide Measure Clears Ballot HurdleBackers of a ballot question that would let terminally ill patients self-administer life-ending drugs are saying they've cleared a major hurdle to get the measure on next year's ballot.Local CoverageDec 7, 2011Next Page
More Than $9 Million Spent On Mass. Ballot IssuesThe only question that was rejected by voters attracted the most spending — physician-assisted suicide.Local CoverageNov 30, 2012
Medical Marijuana In Mass. Poses Federal ChallengeStill illegal under federal law, the medical marijuana ballot initiative passed by Mass. voters creates challenges for state regulators.PlayLocal Coverage07:04Nov 15, 2012
Gov. Patrick: I Voted For Assisted Suicide MeasurePatrick told reporters Wednesday that he supported the question after his experience with his mother at the end of her life.Local CoverageNov 8, 2012
After Ballot Defeat, What's Next For Assisted Suicide Supporters?The measure would have let terminally ill patients with less than six months to live get a fatal prescription from a doctor.PlayLocal Coverage04:59Nov 7, 2012
A Smoky Path For Medical Marijuana In Mass.The ballot measure passed with a strong majority, but how will medical marijuana be implemented in Massachusetts?PlayLocal Coverage03:45Nov 7, 2012
Map: Mass. Town-By-Town Election ResultsHow'd your town vote? See here on our interactive map.Local CoverageNov 7, 2012
Mass. Voters Approve Auto Repair QuestionMassachusetts voters have approved a ballot question requiring automakers to provide car owners and independent repair shops with access to their diagnostic systems.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012
Mass. Voters Approve Use Of Medical MarijuanaMassachusetts residents have approved a new law legalizing medical marijuana.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012
Maps: Complete 2012 Election ResultsComplete election day results for the 2012 presidential race and the state of Massachusetts.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012
Latest Updates: Election Day In Mass.Follow along for WBUR's complete coverage of Election Day and Night.Local CoverageNov 6, 2012
Poll: Mass. Voters Split On Life-Ending Medication, Favor Medical MarijuanaThe poll found 44 percent support allowing terminally ill patients to obtain medication to end their lives, and 42 percent opposed the ideaLocal CoverageNov 5, 2012
On Doctor-Assisted Suicide, Stances Rooted In Intimate ExperiencesThe main backer and main opponent of the physician-assisted suicide ballot question explain their very personal reasons for becoming involved in this issue.Local CoverageOct 25, 2012
Mass. Voters Consider Physician-Assisted SuicideLeaders on opposite sides of Massachusetts' right to die debate are fighting for the same reason: Both have watched loved ones receive fatal diagnoses.Local CoverageOct 20, 2012
Gov. Patrick Leaning Away From Medical Marijuana Gov. Patrick says he is leaning toward favoring life-ending medication, and that he has no personal experience with marijuana, medical or otherwise.Local CoverageSep 27, 2012
Mass. Voters To Weigh In On 'Death With Dignity' Act We speak with people on both sides of Question 2, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide.PlayLocal Coverage07:07Sep 24, 2012
Retired Ohio Exec Bankrolling Mass. Medical Marijuana InitiativeProponents of legalizing medical marijuana in Massachusetts have a huge money advantage over opponents of the 2012 ballot question, almost entirely due to the contributions of one deep-pocketed out-of-state advocate.Local CoverageSep 10, 2012
Mass. Officials Announce Fall Ballot QuestionsThe three on the ballot: medical marijuana legalization, allowing "aid in dying" and a right-to-repair measure.Local CoverageJul 11, 2012
3 Ballot Questions Face Signature DeadlineBallot campaigns must turn in at least 11,485 signatures by Tuesday to lock in their proposals for November votes.Local CoverageJul 2, 2012
Mass. Teacher Union OKs Deal On Ballot QuestionThe Mass. Teachers Association said the bill narrows the scope of the ballot question, which they say would greatly reduce collective bargaining rights.Local CoverageJun 8, 2012
Group: Mass. Patient Suicide Measure Clears Ballot HurdleBackers of a ballot question that would let terminally ill patients self-administer life-ending drugs are saying they've cleared a major hurdle to get the measure on next year's ballot.Local CoverageDec 7, 2011
