Your ballot question guide and four more stories: The Saturday Send
The Saturday Send Welcome back to the Saturday Send, a weekly digest of stories from CommonWealth Beacon that you may have missed. This week, CommonWealth Beacon launched our 2026 Ballot Question Guide , breaking down each of the nine measures voters will face at the polls this November. Over the next several weeks, our reporters will continue to cover these ballot questions, delivering the essential information voters need to feel prepared to make their decisions. Follow along with our ballot coverage , and explore each measure below. Question 1: Public records law Question 2: Committee for Public Counsel Services unionization Question 3: All-party primaries Question 4: Election Day registration Question 5: Tax cap reform Question 6: Conservation funding Question 7: Starter homes Question 8: Recreational marijuana Question 9: Gun law repeal Plus, party membership among Massachusetts voters is withering, not because voters are rejecting parties, but because the state’s aut...