Data Analytics and Resources Bureau Proposition 2½ Override and Underride Votes Data current as of 04/23/2025                                                                                                                                                                                                          For Questions or Assistance Email us at : databank@dor.state.ma.us

Select Municipalities:   Select Fiscal Years:   Select Departments:   Select Win / Loss:   Select Override / Underride:        Select options All Municipalities with Override Votes Abington Acton Adams Alford Amesbury Amherst Andover Aquinnah Arlington Ashburnham Ashby Ashfield Ashland Athol Auburn Avon Ayer Barnstable Becket Belchertown Bellingham Belmont Berkley Berlin Bernardston Billerica Blandford Bolton Bourne Boxborough Boxford Boylston Braintree Brewster Bridgewater Brimfield Brockton Brookline Buckland Canton Carlisle Carver Charlemont Charlton Chatham Chelmsford Chelsea Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chilmark Clinton Cohasset Colrain Concord Conway Cummington Dalton Dartmouth Deerfield Dennis Dighton Douglas Dover Dracut Dudley Dunstable Duxbury East Longmeadow Eastham Easthampton Easton Edgartown Egremont Erving Essex Fairhaven Falmouth Fitchburg Florida Foxborough Framingham Franklin Freetown Gardner Georgetown Gill Gloucester Goshen Gosnold Grafton Granby Granville Great Barrington Greenfield Groton Groveland Hadley Halifax Hamilton Hampden Hancock Hanover Hanson Harvard Harwich Hatfield Hawley Heath Hingham Hinsdale Holbrook Holden Holland Holliston Holyoke Hopedale Hopkinton Hubbardston Hudson Hull Huntington Ipswich Kingston Lakeville Lancaster Lanesborough Lawrence Lee Leicester Leverett Lexington Leyden Lincoln Littleton Longmeadow Lunenburg Lynnfield Manchester By The Sea Mansfield Marblehead Marion Marshfield Mashpee Mattapoisett Maynard Medfield Medford Medway Melrose Mendon Merrimac Middleborough Middlefield Middleton Milford Millis Millville Milton Monson Montague Monterey Montgomery Mount Washington Nahant Nantucket Natick Needham New Ashford New Braintree New Marlborough New Salem Newbury Newton Norfolk North Adams North Andover North Attleborough North Brookfield North Reading Northampton Northborough Northbridge Northfield Norton Norwell Norwood Oak Bluffs Oakham Orange Orleans Otis Oxford Palmer Paxton Pelham Pembroke Pepperell Peru Petersham Phillipston Plainfield Plainville Plymouth Plympton Princeton Provincetown Randolph Raynham Reading Rehoboth Revere Richmond Rochester Rockland Rockport Rowe Rowley Royalston Rutland Salisbury Sandisfield Sandwich Saugus Savoy Scituate Seekonk Sharon Sheffield Shelburne Sherborn Shirley Shrewsbury Shutesbury South Hadley Southampton Southborough Southbridge Spencer Springfield Sterling Stockbridge Stoneham Stoughton Stow Sturbridge Sudbury Sunderland Sutton Swampscott Swansea Templeton Tewksbury Tisbury Tolland Topsfield Townsend Truro Tyngsborough Tyringham Upton Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Walpole Ware Wareham Warwick Washington Wayland Wellesley Wellfleet Wendell Wenham West Boylston West Bridgewater West Brookfield West Newbury West Stockbridge West Tisbury Westfield Westford Westhampton Westminster Weston Westport Westwood Weymouth Whately Whitman Wilbraham Williamsburg Williamstown Wilmington Winchendon Winchester Windsor Winthrop Woburn Worcester Worthington Wrentham Yarmouth    Select options All Available Years 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990    Select options All Departments FUNDS SCHOOL HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICE PRE-PROPOSITION 2 1/2 DEBT CULTURE AND RECREATION GENERAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS PUBLIC WORKS AND FACILITIES PUBLIC SAFETY GENERAL OPERATING    Select options Both WIN LOSS    Select options Both Underride Override       Page of 92  >  >> DOR Code Municipality Fiscal Year Vote Date Win / Loss Yes Votes No Votes Vote Type Department Description Amount 001 Abington 1990 7/1/1989 WIN 1,383 1,175 Override GENERAL OPERATING Operating 503,000 001 Abington 1992 8/1/1991 WIN 2,045 750 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Fund Waste Collection Disposal Budget 575,000 001 Abington 1992 8/1/1991 LOSS 1,372 1,411 Override SCHOOL Fund School Department Budget 324,752 001 Abington 2004 6/7/2003 LOSS 1,507 2,622 Override GENERAL OPERATING Funding Operation Of Town 1,560,974 001 Abington 2009 4/26/2008 WIN 680 675 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Funding The Solid Waste Collection Budget 650,000 002 Acton 1990 4/1/1989 WIN 1,825 1,160 Override GENERAL OPERATING Operating 690,000 002 Acton 1991 3/1/1990 WIN 2,543 1,113 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenses 988,000 002 Acton 1992 3/1/1991 WIN 2,543 1,463 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Budget 1,200,000 002 Acton 1994 6/8/1993 LOSS 2,754 3,162 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 687,000 002 Acton 1994 3/30/1993 LOSS 2,319 2,432 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 1,550,000 002 Acton 1995 5/17/1994 LOSS 1,955 2,222 Override SCHOOL School Expenses 397,272 002 Acton 2000 5/18/1999 LOSS 3,003 3,799 Override SCHOOL Educational Expenses For Fiscal Year 1,184,920 002 Acton 2004 4/1/2003 WIN 3,769 3,313 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenses 3,000,000 002 Acton 2006 3/29/2005 WIN 3,805 2,971 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 3,800,000 002 Acton 2025 4/30/2024 WIN 3,191 3,154 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT Public Schools And Muni Government 6,600,000 004 Adams 1992 5/6/1991 LOSS 516 1,585 Override SCHOOL Fund Towns Share Of Reg.School Assess. 275,000 006 Alford 1991 5/1/1990 WIN 59 31 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Sanitation Expenses 40,000 007 Amesbury 1992 4/8/1991 LOSS 1,206 2,628 Override GENERAL OPERATING Addit. Money For School & Gen Oper.Exp. 1,191,500 007 Amesbury 1992 4/8/1991 LOSS 1,092 2,688 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT Replace Decrease Of State Aid 993,419 007 Amesbury 2008 11/6/2007 LOSS 1,025 2,155 Underride GENERAL OPERATING Reduce Amount Of Real Estate And Personal Property Taxes -1,000,000 008 Amherst 1991 5/1/1990 LOSS 1,725 2,005 Override GENERAL OPERATING Cap And Oper Budgets For Lib, Schs, Town 557,698 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 LOSS 2,387 2,837 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT Clerical Position Conservation Dept 3,300 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 LOSS 2,442 2,775 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Street Lights 34,240 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 LOSS 2,467 2,761 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Police Position, Human Resource Budget 26,290 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 WIN 2,792 2,468 Override CULTURE AND RECREATION Jones,North Amherst,Munson Libraries 11,097 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 WIN 2,868 2,345 Override SCHOOL Amherst-Pelham Rsd Assessment 547,955 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 WIN 3,101 2,089 Override SCHOOL Amherst Elementary Schools 299,444 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 WIN 3,192 1,999 Override SCHOOL Amherst-Pelham Rsd Assessment 300,000 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 WIN 3,226 2,009 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Firefighter/Emt, Human Resources Budget 138,010 008 Amherst 1992 5/1/1991 WIN 2,795 2,415 Override SCHOOL Amherst Elementary School'S Budget 409,884 008 Amherst 1995 6/14/1994 LOSS 1,867 2,031 Override SCHOOL Regional School Assessment 297,558 008 Amherst 2005 3/30/2004 WIN 2,258 2,169 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating And Capital Expenses 2,000,000 008 Amherst 2008 5/1/2007 LOSS 2,383 2,650 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating And School Expenditures 2,500,000 008 Amherst 2011 3/23/2010 WIN 3,061 2,192 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 1,680,441 009 Andover 1992 5/6/1991 LOSS 2,826 5,311 Override SCHOOL Adding Funds For Andover Public Schools 1,500,000 009 Andover 2003 6/11/2002 LOSS 2,881 4,937 Override SCHOOL Funding School Department Budget And Related Health Insurance Costs 1,130,000 010 Arlington 1990 6/1/1989 LOSS 5,805 6,078 Override GENERAL OPERATING Operating Expenses Of Town And Schools 2,269,528 010 Arlington 1991 6/1/1990 WIN 8,828 7,731 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Budget 2,520,000 010 Arlington 2006 6/11/2005 WIN 7,126 6,570 Override SCHOOL Fund Town And School Budgets 6,000,000 010 Arlington 2012 6/7/2011 WIN 7,226 6,366 Override GENERAL OPERATING Funding Operating Budgets Of Town And School 6,490,000 010 Arlington 2020 6/11/2019 WIN 8,655 4,029 Override GENERAL OPERATING Town And School Operating Budget 5,500,000 010 Arlington 2025 11/7/2023 WIN 7,951 4,964 Override GENERAL OPERATING Operating Override 7,000,000 011 Ashburnham 1990 6/1/1989 LOSS 187 1,006 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Fund Public Road Improvement Program 300,000 011 Ashburnham 1991 4/1/1990 LOSS 573 849 Override SCHOOL Ash-West Regional School Assessment 387,036 011 Ashburnham 1992 4/1/1991 LOSS 645 886 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Police Officer Position 15,620 011 Ashburnham 1992 4/29/1991 LOSS 611 877 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Construction & Maintenance Of Town Roads 25,948 011 Ashburnham 1992 4/29/1991 LOSS 629 897 Override SCHOOL Operating School Expenses 6,567 011 Ashburnham 1992 4/29/1991 LOSS 645 875 Override SCHOOL Regional School Operating Expenses 649,141 011 Ashburnham 1992 4/29/1991 LOSS 693 836 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Police-Fire-Emt Position 22,890 011 Ashburnham 1992 4/1/1991 LOSS 501 1,027 Override GENERAL OPERATING Town Hall Clerical, Library Budget 27,660