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"Any effect on alcohol sales, consumption, and consumer convenience would likely be limited," Evan Horowitz, executive director of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University wrote in an analysis of the ballot question.

A study by Tufts University’s Center for State Policy Analysis estimates that the amount of revenue collected from Question 1 could be reduced by as much as 35 percent between tax avoidance strategies and millionaires moving.

Many people who currently drive illegally would become law-abiding drivers and obtain car insurance; information...could be used to identify and track people in the future; and the state would receive more revenue from license and registration fees.

Evan Horowitz walked us through the four Massachusetts ballot questions ahead of November’s election.

“While the risk that driver’s license records will be used to track unauthorized immigrants is hard to pin down, it isn’t imaginary,” Horowitz wrote.

Horowitz dijo que el potencial de que esos registros puedan usarse para identificar y monitorear inmigrantes indocumentados es «difícil de precisar», pero «no es imaginario».

The report warned supporters of the law that they cannot rule out the possibility of a paper trail that “could be used to identify and track people in the future”.

The new law whose ultimate fate is in the hands of voters would give undocumented immigrants "new legitimacy" in Massachusetts by allowing them to acquire driver's licenses

“The RMV already handles cases of people who are eligible to drive but not vote — including lawful immigrants with green cards and new drivers under 18,” the report states.