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More than 27,300 city residents went to the polls yesterday in Cambridge's municipal elections, as warm weather, a hotly contested City Council race and a controversial ballot initiative combined to generate the highest voter turnout in six years...
...ballot referendum known as Proposition 1-2-3, which would radically overhaul the city's rent control system, was also expected to mobilize large numbers of voters...
...Given the fact that you had a ballot question which generates a lot of controversy and will affect many people, and given the fact that you have three empty seats--that opens a lot of things up," said Sturges, who is a former election commissioner...
However, the high turnout may also favor theindependents. With 1-2-3 on the ballot this fall,small property owners and other real estateinterests have staged a highly vocal campaignwhich may result in broad support from across thecity...
...marked my ballot. That choice was harder than I thought...