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Revision as of 23:16, 6 January 2025
Question 1 was an initiative petition on the ballot in the 2024 state election on November 5, 2024. It specified that the State Auditor had the authority to audit the Legislature. The measure passed with 71.6 percent of the vote.[1]
Background
During State Auditor Diana DiZoglio's successful 2022 election campaign, she promised to start conducting audits of the Legislature. Until her election, the Auditor's office had not audited legislative finances since 1922.[2]
On March 7, 2023, DiZoglio's office began an audit of the Legislature, citing that "Massachusetts ranks as one of the least transparent and least accessible state governments in the nation."[3]
On March 24, House Speaker Ron Mariano announced in a letter to DiZoglio that he would refuse to meet with her or otherwise cooperate with the audit. In the letter, Mariano claimed that the audit was unconstitutional and that all relevant financial records were already published online.[4]
References
- ↑ Secretary of the Commonwealth. "2024 - Statewide - Question 1".
- ↑ Matt Stout. "‘Wholly unnecessary’: Mass. House speaker says he will not comply with state auditor’s legislative probe".
- ↑ Office of the State Auditor. "Statement from State Auditor DiZoglio Regarding an Audit of the Massachusetts State Legislature".
- ↑ Ronald J. Mariano, Speaker of the House. "OSA Letter AGO re Legislative Audit.pdf".