Word: balloting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...third question was placed on the ballot on Wednesday, a proposal to ban private possession of handguns, could be decided in court rather than at the polls...
...graduated income tax once again will appear on the ballot, as it did in 1972, 1968 and 1962. But Katz said he feels the tax has "a better chance" of passage this time because the Massachusetts House will set the tax rate prior to the November election so that people can see exactly what they will have...
...unprecedented move, the Massachusetts legislature placed an alternative legislative amendment on the ballot calling for mandatory prison sentences for most crimes committed with a gun. Under Massachusetts law, if both proposals receive over 30 percent of the vote only the one receiving the most votes becomes...
...spokesman for Middlesex County Sheriff John J. Buckley, president of People Vs. Handguns, a group which backs the handgun ban, said yesterday that placing the alternative measure on the ballot represents an attempt to cloud the issue and a "corruption of the petition process." He said People Vs. Handguns plans to go to court in the next few days to challenge its legitimacy...
...spokesman for Sherrif Buckley said if the handgun ban question appears on the ballot by itself is a "better than 50 per cent chance that it will be approved," but its chances of passage are slim if the alternative also appears...