MA Ballot Question 2024: How Question 1 would change the power of the state auditor

Question 1 asks voters whether the state auditor should be allowed to investigate the Legislature.

While audits are usually associated with financial questions, the state auditor is focused more on whether state departments and agencies are following existing laws and regulations pertaining to their functions. Auditor Diana DiZoglio, a former legislator who won election to her current job in 2022, has looked into a number of irregularities within state agencies, including the Cannabis Control Commission, to determine whether expired products had slipped past inspectors and been offered for sale to consumers.

DiZoglio says giving her office investigative power over the Legislature has broad support.

“Generally speaking, the question has been accepted by most folks, except the legislative leaders and their supporters,” she said.




https://www.tauntongazette.com/story/news/politics/elections/state/2024/09/18/massachusetts-ballot-question-1-state-auditor-investigate-legislature/75212320007/