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...mixed victory for the state, Armstrong threw out the restraining order stalling enactment of four other ballot initiatives from the election...
Four plaintiffs are seeking to nullify the results of the November 8 referenda. They charged Secretary of State Michael J. Connolly--who conducted the vote--with violating the state constitution by not printing summaries of the ballot questions in voting booths, as required by Article 48 of the state constitution...
Ultimately, the plaintiffs are seeking invalidation of the five referenda. "We want the questions to go on the ballot in the form that the constitution provides," Bourquin said...
...Never has the electorate in Massachusetts gone to the polls and been so well-informed and well-educated," Connolly said. "There were fewer blanks on the ballot questions than there had been at any time in the past...
...fate was on the line on a ballot question that had no description," agreed Matthew Henzy of the Massachusetts Tenants Organization. "We feel some people voted yes not knowing the harm it would do to the people...