2016 Massachusetts Question 2

{{Short description|Ballot measure that would have expanded charter schools}}

{{Infobox referendum

| name = Question 2

| title = Massachusetts Charter School Expansion Initiative

| yes = 1243665

| no = 2025840

| total = 3269505

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No

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Yes

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Other

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The Massachusetts Charter School Expansion Initiative, Question 2 was an unsuccessful initiative voted on in the Massachusetts general election held on November 8, 2016.{{Cite journal|last=Tran|first=Bich Thi Ngoc|date=2021|title=Which Townships Support Charter Schools? A Study of the 2016 Massachusetts Charter Referendum|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ssqu.12938|journal=Social Science Quarterly|language=en|volume=102|issue=2|pages=865–880|doi=10.1111/ssqu.12938|s2cid=234153103 |issn=1540-6237|via=}} It was one of four 2016 ballot measures put to public vote.