Word: ballot
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...power in 1975. Transformed from "a vanguard of the worker and peasant alliance" to "a party of all the Mozambican people," the ruling group has stepped up market reforms that it initiated in the mid-1980s. Last January Chissano introduced a draft constitution that embraces universal suffrage, a secret ballot, direct election of both the President and the parliament and the reintroduction of private ownership of land. The new plan is expected to be adopted by the People's Assembly before the middle of this year...
Last year, more than 180 of the state's 351 cities and towns had some type of override question on the ballot, according to The Boston Globe...
...with the rising costs of community services and little additional help expected from the state, the override question will likely show up again on next year's ballot...
...Boston has never put an override question on the ballot, and only two cities--Cambridge and Northhampton--have successfully overridden...
...Sandinistas have not changed their Marxist ways altogether. U.N.O. poll watchers assigned to monitor the ballot counting have complained of harassment by members of the Interior Ministry urging them to quit the party. Those who comply are rewarded with perks like free coupons for gasoline. Diehards who refuse such blandishments are threatened with loss of jobs or property...