Should County Governments Be Abolished In Massachusetts?

CBS Boston

October 28, 2026

Do you know who your county commissioners are? Chances are you don't have any. In Massachusetts, there are 14 counties. But only six have county governments and if one Dedham man gets his wish, there will only be five because of a ballot question appearing in a few towns.

Question 10 is causing some confusion. WBZ got an email to our Question Everything inbox from James D. in Holbrook saying, "I went to vote yesterday and found Question 10 in our town of Holbrook on the ballot. The question was not in the red pamphlet nor did the workers at our town hall know anything about it. The question was about abolishing Norfolk County government. I have not been able to find any information on this."

We were able to track down the man who got that question on the ballot in three Norfolk County towns: Braintree, Foxboro and Holbrook. His name is Matthew Sheehan, and he thinks it's time to get rid of all county governments, especially Norfolk County, where he lives.

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