Word: balloting
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...MOST disturbing aspects of this fall's election campaign was the pervasive influence of corporate contributions on the outcome of referenda questions on the Massachusetts ballot...
Voters' passions this fall seem to have been aroused less by the candidates than by controversial propositions placed on the ballot by ardent environmentalists in some dozen states. Among the hottest environmental issues to be decided by the voters...
...acknowledged having had an affair with an office worker in 1969, the greatest interest in the Michigan election was stirred by a proposition to ban throw-away bottles and cans, which make up an increasing proportion of the nation's litter. Disposable-bottle bans are also on the ballot in Colorado and Massachusetts, where approval will bring a deposit of at least 5? on every soft-drink and beer container, and in Maine, where the voters must decide if they want the bottle ban enacted last April by the state legislature to be enforced...
CONSERVATION. Voters in Missouri are being asked to approve an unusual way of financing the state's conservation programs, including the possible acquisition of some 200,000 acres of land for hunting reserves and wildlife refuges. Their ballot contains a proposal to levy an additional sales tax of one-eighth of 1% and put aside the revenues, which are expected to exceed $20 million a year, for conservation. Opposition to any tax increase and fears that the earmarked funds may siphon off for conservation projects money that is needed elsewhere have aroused unexpected controversy about the proposal...
Equally uncertain is the outcome of a ballot measure , to repeal a law limiting the number of salmon fishermen in Alaska. Backers of the so-called limited-entry law claim that it is necessary to protect Alaska's rich fishing grounds from being depleted. Opponents insist that the right to choose one's occupation is a basic freedom that must be safeguarded...