Barnstable County Charter Study Commission Question
What does this measure do?
Supports: Government Efficiency
Barnstable County would elect a 15-member nonpartisan commission, one from each town, to study the county charter and government for about 18 months and recommend changes. This vote only creates the study; any actual change to county government would need a later vote.
Read the official ballot measure
Proposed by: Barnstable County Commissioners (vote to place the question on the November 2026 ballot)
The county's elected Board of Regional Commissioners. State law says voters must approve a study of the county charter (the county's rulebook). They pick the study group members in the same vote.
Source: capecod.gov
A YES vote means
The 15-member commission is created and studies county government. The commission candidates elected on this ballot take office.
A NO vote means
No commission is created, the elected candidates do not take office, and the study does not happen.
No financial records found for this ballot measure.
Source: malegislature.gov
Source: capecod.gov