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Suffolk Universityfor The Boston GlobeNondiscriminationOct 24–27, 2018Massachusetts Question 3 ballot test - gender-identity public accommodations veto referendum
Question #3 is the Transgender Anti-Discrimination proposal. A YES VOTE would keep in place the current law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in places of public accommodation. A NO VOTE would repeal this provision of the public accommodation law. At this point, will you vote yes or no?
Base: screened to voters very or somewhat likely to vote in the November 2018 election for Governor and U.S. Senator
Wording notes: labels the measure 'the Transgender Anti-Discrimination proposal', a title that appeared on no ballot and frames a Yes vote as opposition to discriminationstates the consequence of both a yes and a no vote
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Suffolk Universityfor The Boston GlobeNondiscriminationSep 13–17, 2018 Massachusetts Question 3 ballot test - gender-identity public accommodations veto referendum
Question #3 is the Transgender Anti-Discrimination proposal. A YES VOTE would keep in place the current law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in places of public accommodation. A NO VOTE would repeal this provision of the public accommodation law. At this point, will you vote yes or no?
Base: screened to voters very or somewhat likely to vote in the November 2018 election for Governor and U.S. Senator
Wording notes: labels the measure 'the Transgender Anti-Discrimination proposal', a title that appeared on no ballot and frames a Yes vote as opposition to discriminationstates the consequence of both a yes and a no vote
Response options as the pollster wrote them
Suffolk Universityfor The Boston GlobeNondiscriminationJun 8–12, 2018 repeal of the Massachusetts gender-identity public accommodations law (prospective 2018 ballot measure)
There may be a measure on the 2018 ballot that would repeal the law which allowed transgender people to use public restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identities, regardless of their sex at birth. Would you support or oppose REPEALING this law?
Base: screened to voters very or somewhat likely to vote in the November 2018 election for Governor and U.S. Senator
Wording notes: support/oppose is directed at REPEAL, so a 'support' answer is the anti-trans positioncapitalised REPEALING emphasises the verb for the interviewerdescribes the law only as restroom and locker-room access, narrower than the statuteuses 'sex at birth'
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support repealing
- Oppose repealing
- Undecided
- Refused
Suffolk Universityfor The Boston GlobeNondiscriminationdata flagMay 2–5, 2016 support for the pending Massachusetts gender-identity public accommodations bill (SB 2407)
Currently, there are public accommodations bills before the Massachusetts legislature that protect the civil rights of transgender people, including their right to use the restroom that conforms to their gender identity. Do you support or oppose passage of such a bill?
Wording notes: explicitly frames the bill as a civil-rights protectionexplicitly names restroom access
Response options as the pollster wrote them
- Support
- Oppose
- Undecided
- Refused