Form of the ballot question
Official text rightpowerlimitif conditionlegal term
Each proposed amendment to the constitution, and each law submitted to the people, shall be described on the ballots by a description to be determined by the attorney-general, subject to such provision as may be made by law, and the secretary of the commonwealth shall give each question a number and cause such question, except as otherwise authorized herein, to be printed on the ballot in the following form:-
In the case of an amendment to the constitution: Shall an amendment to the constitution (here insert description, and state, in distinctive type, whether approved or disapproved by the , and by what vote thereon) be approved?
In the case of a law: Shall a law (here insert description, and state, in distinctive type, whether approved or disapproved by the , and by what vote thereon) be approved?
Simplified explanation
Each proposed amendment and law submitted to the people is described on the ballot by a description determined by the attorney-general, and the secretary of the commonwealth numbers each question and prints it in the set form, stating whether and by what vote the general court approved it.