Data Analytics and Resources Bureau Proposition 2½ Override and Underride Votes Data current as of 07/27/2024                                                                                                                                                                                                          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 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 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 039 Boylston 1996 5/1/1995 WIN 591 467 Override SCHOOL School Expenses 54,000 039 Boylston 1997 5/6/1996 WIN 503 498 Override SCHOOL Boylston Elementary School 60,000 039 Boylston 2000 5/10/1999 LOSS 402 451 Override SCHOOL Special Educa.And Trans.Exp.-Elem.School 169,325 039 Boylston 2005 5/10/2004 WIN 542 408 Override SCHOOL Operating Budget Of The Boylston Share Of The Regional Middle School 500,000 040 Braintree 1998 6/10/1997 LOSS 2,291 5,453 Override SCHOOL School Department Expenses 2,926,508 040 Braintree 2007 5/13/2003 LOSS 5,023 6,064 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 2,000,000 040 Braintree 2025 6/26/2024 WIN 5,493 2,764 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT Purposes Of Funding The Following Departmental Expenses: General Municipal Government ($2,500,000), School Department ($4,000,000 And To Fund An Override Stabilization Fund For Gener Municipal And School Department Operations (1,500,000) For The Fiscal Yea 8,000,000 041 Brewster 1993 5/18/1992 WIN 1,255 786 Override SCHOOL Funding Elem School Operating Budget 123,731 041 Brewster 1993 5/18/1992 LOSS 912 1,193 Override CULTURE AND RECREATION Purchase Golf Course; Expand Program 56,100 041 Brewster 1995 5/16/1994 WIN 773 714 Override SCHOOL Regional School Operating Budget 176,222 041 Brewster 1995 5/16/1994 WIN 825 661 Override SCHOOL School Operating Budget 132,468 041 Brewster 1996 5/16/1995 WIN 1,176 797 Override SCHOOL Funding Regional School Operating Budget 271,000 041 Brewster 2003 2/5/2002 WIN 318 315 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Creating Two New Firefighter/Paramedic Positions 144,000 041 Brewster 2004 5/20/2003 WIN 1,567 1,431 Override GENERAL OPERATING Additional Town And School Operational Expenses 800,000 041 Brewster 2006 5/17/2005 WIN 1,102 740 Override PUBLIC SAFETY 2 Firefighter Positions 130,000 041 Brewster 2006 5/17/2005 WIN 986 821 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Brewsters Share Of The Outer Cape Flex Route Trans.Service 55,000 041 Brewster 2006 5/17/2005 WIN 1,144 685 Override SCHOOL Brewsters Share Of The Schools Failities Maintenance And Equip. Replacemtn Of Schools And Reg.Schs. 223,488 041 Brewster 2009 5/20/2008 WIN 345 324 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT Funding A Town Planner Position 100,000 041 Brewster 2012 5/17/2011 WIN 1,242 950 Override GENERAL OPERATING Funding Departmental Expenses-Mun. Govt-School 799,522 041 Brewster 2013 5/22/2012 WIN 886 685 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Funding A Creation Of Two Firefighter/Paramedic Positions Withing Fire Department And One Police Officer Position 199,000 041 Brewster 2020 5/21/2019 WIN 521 520 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT Funding Of New 4 Positions. 1 Program Coordinator Council On Aging, 1 Natural Resource Officer, 2 Firefighter/Paramedic Fire Department 309,000 041 Brewster 2024 5/16/2023 WIN 1,499 977 Override SCHOOL Funding Elementary School Budget 316,878 041 Brewster 2024 5/16/2023 WIN 1,347 1,126 Override SCHOOL Funding Nauset Reg'L School Assessment 647,720 041 Brewster 2025 5/28/2024 WIN 1,628 1,192 Override SCHOOL Funding Elementary School Budget 758,091 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 1,123 3,128 Override EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Health Insurance Premiums 300,000 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 999 3,264 Override GENERAL GOVERNMENT General Government 127,162 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 1,660 2,629 Override CULTURE AND RECREATION Bridgewater Public Library 37,049 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 1,813 2,508 Override SCHOOL Bridgewater School Department 435,710 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 1,833 2,492 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Bridgewater Police Department 85,115 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 1,313 2,956 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Bridgewater Highway Department 58,783 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 1,298 2,976 Override PUBLIC WORKS & FACILITIES Res And Municipal Solid Waste Disposal 280,000 042 Bridgewater 1991 9/1/1990 LOSS 2,140 2,178 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Bridgewater Fire Department 81,065 042 Bridgewater 2008 8/8/2007 LOSS 3,303 3,553 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 2,199,655 042 Bridgewater 2008 6/16/2007 LOSS 3,504 3,893 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Expenditures 2,871,093 042 Bridgewater 2009 6/14/2008 LOSS 2,024 3,529 Override GENERAL OPERATING Funding Reg. School District, Comm. Dev. Trans. Mgt., Fire, Library,Medical/Life Insurance And Stabilization Fund 1,361,000 042 Bridgewater 2011 6/19/2010 WIN 3,749 2,870 Override GENERAL OPERATING Funding Departmental Expenses 2,800,000 043 Brimfield 1990 6/1/1989 LOSS 0 0 Override GENERAL OPERATING Operating And Capital Expenses 201,004 043 Brimfield 1991 10/1/1990 WIN 456 444 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Budget 253,034 043 Brimfield 1991 7/1/1990 LOSS 344 361 Override SCHOOL Elementary School Expenses 77,035 043 Brimfield 1991 7/1/1990 LOSS 300 410 Override SCHOOL Regional High School Expenses 111,117 043 Brimfield 1991 7/1/1990 LOSS 220 487 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Operating Budget 298,067 044 Brockton 1992 9/17/1991 LOSS 5,755 12,405 Override SCHOOL School Department 3,520,000 044 Brockton 1992 9/17/1991 LOSS 6,945 11,256 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Fire Department 990,000 044 Brockton 1992 9/17/1991 LOSS 7,813 10,368 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Police Department 990,000 044 Brockton 2009 11/4/2008 LOSS 9,883 20,288 Override PUBLIC SAFETY Provide Additional Police Officers And Police Patrol Coverage And Additional Firefighters 1,130,000 044 Brockton 2009 11/4/2008 LOSS 10,390 19,822 Override CULTURE AND RECREATION Additional Funding To Brockton Public Libraries 210,000 044 Brockton 2009 11/4/2008 LOSS 12,077 18,163 Override SCHOOL Additional Funding To The Brockton Public Schools 2,250,000 046 Brookline 1995 5/3/1994 WIN 5,958 5,072 Override GENERAL OPERATING General Expenditures 2,960,000 046 Brookline 2009 5/6/2008 WIN 5,236 4,305 Override GENERAL OPERATING Funding School, Police, Fire, And Library Depts. Etc 6,200,000 046 Brookline 2016 5/5/2015 WIN 6,325 3,958 Override SCHOOL Fund Additional Enrollment In Brookline Public Schools And Expenditures In Municipal Departments 7,665,000