Word: ballot
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...Senate could also move to send the bill toreferendum, giving voters the power to decide thelegislation's future. While some representativessaid they did not feel civil rights issues shouldbe decided by ballot, LaFontaine says he isconfident the bill would win in Massachusetts butadds, "It would be a very costly effort...
...thoughts. Perhaps Mobuto is not that bad after all. He claims to be very popular among his own people. In 1984, after making failure to vote punishable by law, his party received 99.16 percent of the vote in general elections. Of course, no one else was listed on the ballot, but that is still an impressive outcome...
...commission last night reported that the remaining six spots on the November ballot were by proressive Rosaria Salerno, a one-term incumbent from Fenway with 15.4 percent; Michael McCormack, fourterm incumbent from the West End with 14.8 percent, and three-term School Committee member John Nucci, with 11.6 percent...
...only candidate who did not earn a place on the November ballot is Republican Glenn Fiscus from the Back Bay. Fiscus, who ran against Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) for a seat in the House of Representatives last year, garnered just 2717 votes yesterday...
Political observers said a referendum on the November ballot that will decide if the School Committee will be elected or appointed by the mayor, should inspire greater voter interest in the general election...