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Through the medium of ballot initiatives in the most recent elections, the voters of Massachusetts made their voices heard on several different issues. But now it appears that several parties--simply because they don't like the results of the democratic process in this particular case--just aren't willing to listen to the people...
Appeals Court Associate Justice Christopher J. Armstrong refused to life an earlier restraining order preventing Question 9 from taking effect. Interestingly enough, only this question was challenged by Armstrong, who threw out the restraining order covering four other ballot initiatives...
Furthermore, we believe the constitutional challenge to the conduct of the vote lacks serious merit. Those challenging the vote allege that the anti-rent control result must be disregarded because printed summaries of ballot questions were not provided on the ballots themselves...
...interesting to note that the challenge to the announced policy of providing separate paper summaries at polling sites did not make itself heard in a major way until after the results of the ballot questions came back. We wonder: If the results of the initiatives had been different, would these parties have been so incensed? Clearly the dispute is not about procedure; it's about politics...
...hoping the courts rule that the ballot are unconstitutional, so that there will be another election," said Lester P. Lee Jr. of the pro-rent control Save Our Communities Committee. "It would be a second chance for us to explain to the voters what's going...