Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also took aim at the controversial Citizens for Limited Taxation ballot referendum, which would return state taxes and fees to their 1988 levels...
...public backlash against the administration of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis appears to have cost several candidates associated with him spots on the November ballot...
...race for treasurer, Republican Joseph Malone '78 is unopposed in the primary. House Speaker George Keverian '53, State Rep. William Galvin and State Sen. Richard Kraus are vying for the Democratic slot on the November ballot...
...four years. Bellotti is pro-choice and supports the death penalty. He has called for restructuring state government to deal with fiscal problems. Steps would include moving more health care into the home, and regionalizing some state transportation services to eliminate overlapping. He opposes the Citizens for Limited Taxation ballot question that would roll taxes and some fees back to their mid-1988 levels...
...first time in the union's history, the Teamsters rank and file will elect leaders by secret ballot over the next two years, supervised by a court officer who has the difficult task of monitoring more than 650 locals. But even fair elections can be corrupted. In 1988 the government blocked Michael Sciarra, a Genovese mobster, from running for the leadership of the Teamsters' Newark-based Local 560, a violence-torn cabal that was celebrating its first experiment with democracy. With Sciarra sidelined, the Newark membership proceeded to elect his brother Daniel. But Michael was still being greeted...