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Voters beset by the worst recession in decades and smacked with a variety of new taxes are turning to the 2010 ballot for several different ways to reverse Beacon Hill wallet grabs – measures that, if successful, would leave state government gasping for funds.

Proposed questions filed by Wednesday’s deadline and with a shot at making the November 2010 ballot include a safeguard for local aid to cities and towns, the lifting of state caps on charter schools, sales tax rollbacks, eliminated turnpike tolls, and a repeal of the recently enacted alcohol sales tax. Another topic mired in fiscal complexities – guaranteed access to quality health care – was also filed in the form of a constitutional amendment.
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