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BOSTON - Massachusetts voters will see four questions on their ballot when they head inside the polling booth in November.



Bill Galvin, the state's elections chief, assigned numbers to the ballot questions on Monday.



Here they are:



QUESTION 1. Expanding slot machine gaming. A "yes" vote would allow a second slots parlor to exist in Massachusetts. The 2011 gambling law currently allows for up to three resort casinos and one slots parlor. The slots parlor license is owned by Penn National Gaming, which operates Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville.



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QUESTION 2. Charter school expansion. The question, if approved, would let state education officials approve up to 12 new charter schools a year.



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QUESTION 3. Conditions for farm animals. This question, if approved, would phase out what advocates say are "extreme" methods of farm animal confinement.



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QUESTION 4. Legalization, regulation and taxation of marijuana. If voters say "yes," Massachusetts will join Colorado, Alaska, Oregon, Washington state and District of Columbia in legalizing marijuana for recreational use.



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The groups pushing the proposals filed the last round of signatures last week. They were required to file 10,792 in the final round of signatures in order to make it onto the ballot.



"Secretary Galvin assigned the numbers to the ballot questions based on the length of the questions and spacing on the ballots that are printed in multiple languages," Galvin's office said in a release.



Galvin's office will soon send out, through the mail, an "Information for Voters" booklet, providing a more detailed breakdown of the ballot questions.