马萨诸塞州选民将表决破纪录的9项公投议题：议会公开记录与枪支管控成焦点
马萨诸塞州选民11月3日将走进投票站，表决创下并列纪录的9项公投议题，投票时间为当天上午7时至晚上8时。仅在米德尔塞克斯县剑桥市，已有大批居民通过提前现场投票或邮寄方式完成了投票。
本次公投议题范围广泛，涉及议会透明、公共辩护人组织工会、州税收上限以及枪支管控等多个领域。其中最受关注的是第1号议题：是否将州议会与州长办公室纳入公共记录法适用范围。若获得通过，从2027年1月1日起，公众将可以申请查阅议会与州长办公室的财务文件、合同和行政往来信件。
马萨诸塞州长期以来是全美唯一议会、州长办公室和司法部门均不受州公共记录法约束的州。推动这一议题的州审计长 Diana DiZoglio 曾在2024年推动扩大审计议会权力的议题，并以超过七成的得票率获胜。支持第1号议题的三个委员会已筹集超过140万美元。
第2号议题提议允许公共辩护服务委员会的工作人员组织工会；第5号议题拟修改州居民退税的税收上限计算方式；第9号议题则请选民决定是否保留2024年通过的枪支管控改革，该改革对自制枪支增设限制并扩大了管制武器类别。各议题的投票结果将于选举夜后陆续揭晓。
（来源：哈佛深红报）
Massachusetts Voters Face a Record-Tying Nine Ballot Questions, Led by Public Records and Gun Law Measures
Massachusetts voters will decide a record-tying nine ballot questions on November 3, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. In Cambridge, Middlesex County, large numbers of residents have already voted early in person or by mail.
The questions span legislative transparency, unionization of public defender staff, the state tax revenue cap and gun control. The most closely watched is Question 1, which would bring the state Legislature and the governor's office under the public records law. If it passes, members of the public could request financial documents, contracts and administrative correspondence from both, starting January 1, 2027.
Massachusetts has long been the only state where the Legislature, the governor's office and the judiciary are all exempt from the state public records law. State Auditor Diana DiZoglio, who is pushing the measure, won more than 70% of the vote in 2024 for her ballot question expanding her power to audit the Legislature. Three committees backing Question 1 have raised more than $1.4 million.
Question 2 would let staff of the Committee for Public Counsel Services unionize; Question 5 would change how the state tax revenue cap and rebate are calculated; and Question 9 asks voters whether to keep the 2024 gun control law, which added restrictions on homemade firearms and expanded the categories of regulated weapons. Results will be reported after election night.
(Source: The Harvard Crimson)
来源：哈佛深红报
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