Ballot questions about rent control, all-party state primaries and funding for water and nature conservancy are among those expected to clear a major hurdle Wednesday to advance toward the 2026 ballot.
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell certified 40 proposed ballot questions and four proposed constitutional amendments in September, kicking off the roughly two-month race to collect more than 74,000 signatures to submit to local election officials this week.
To continue advancing, ballot question campaigns must submit their signatures to Secretary of State William Galvin’s office by Dec. 3. Galvin is tasked with reviewing the signatures before handing the potential questions over to the Legislature, where lawmakers have until early May to pass them into law, amend, or take no action on the measures…