Massachusetts Department of Revenue Division of Local Services:
Proposition 2½ Ballot Questions Requirements and Procedures

2. Other Information Override and capital expenditure exclusion questions must also include the total amount of additional taxing authority being requested and the fiscal year in which it will be used. This information is not included in debt exclusion questions. Any additional information about the requested amount, the services and programs to be funded by the requested amount, and the impact the vote will have on those services cannot be included in the question or on the ballot. That type of information should be provided in the course of a balanced, comprehensive, public information effort. Public information efforts undertaken by local officials must be consistent with election and campaign finance laws. See Sections III-F and G below.

please be advised, there is a small difference if the warrant article and ballot question is presented as a debt exclusion or capital expenditure exclusion.

posted by Jeff Bennett