Tobias v. Secretary of the Commonwealth

We consider a question that a single justice of this court reported concerning the constitutionality of the system that the Secretary of the Commonwealth developed for use in the 1994 State election for the presentation to voters of the Attorney General’s summaries of ballot questions.3 The plaintiffs, each a registered voter, contend that the Secretary’s system applicable to voting machines and electronic voting systems failed to comply with the requirements of art. 48, General Provisions, III, Form of Ballot, of the Amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth as amended by art. 74 of…