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...Cambridge political system dictates that for a question to get on the ballot, it must be endorsed by 8 percent of the voting population. Supporters of the rent control ballot were confused as to whether all of those votes had to come from active voters...
...Bill Cavellini, housing organizer of the Eviction Free Zone (EFZ), another Cambridge rent control group, says that it is the Election Commission's fault that the question will not appear on the ballot...
Regardless of who is at fault, the missing ballot question may have consequences for the voter turnout...
...problem with this situation, Koocher says, is that rent control supporters will not turn out at the polls in full force without the question on the ballot...
...question that is on the ballot this year is a 'non-binding public opinion advisory question' of nuclear non-proliferation. If passed, the City Council would be obligated to send a letter to President Clinton asking him to "engage other nuclear nations in negotiations for a Nuclear Weapons Convention requiring a specific timetable for phased elimination of nuclear weapons...