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Description	Map of districts of the Massachusetts state senate apportioned in 2001. The map includes Census 2000 population information. State senate districts depicted:[1] 1st Bristol and Plymouth district 1st Essex district 1st Essex and Middlesex district 1st Hampden and Hampshire district 1st Middlesex district 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district 1st Plymouth and Bristol district 1st Suffolk district 1st Suffolk and Middlesex district 1st Worcester district 2nd Bristol and Plymouth district 2nd Essex district 2nd Essex and Middlesex district 2nd Hampden and Hampshire district 2nd Middlesex district 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district 2nd Suffolk district 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district 2nd Worcester district 3rd Essex and Middlesex district 3rd Middlesex district 4th Middlesex district Berkshire, Hampshire and Franklin district Bristol and Norfolk district Cape and Islands district Hampden district Hampshire and Franklin district Middlesex and Essex district Middlesex and Worcester district Middlesex, Suffolk and Essex district Norfolk and Plymouth district Norfolk, Bristol, and Middlesex district Norfolk, Bristol, and Plymouth district Plymouth and Barnstable district Plymouth and Norfolk district Suffolk and Norfolk district Worcester and Middlesex district Worcester and Norfolk district Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin district
Date	2001
Source	https://malegislature.gov/Redistricting/HistoricDistricts/Senate
Author	Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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[1] See G. L. c. 66, § 10(a) (public records are to be provided to “any person”); see also 950 CMR 32.05(5) (custodian prohibited from inquiring into a requester’s status or motivation); but see G. L. c. 4, § 7(26)(n) (a records custodian may ask the requester to voluntarily provide additional information in order to reach a “reasonable judgment” regarding disclosure of responsive records).

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