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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reason Mayor Daley won every election he ever ran in--including six for mayor--was that he always made sure that he had enough votes to win, even if he had to buy them or stuff the ballot box. Mayor Washington won his amazing upset in 1983 because the white community was divided, and the Black community--unified around the cause of getting a Black mayor for the first time in Chicago's history--made sure he had enough of their votes...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: A Chicago-Style Contest | 4/15/1989 | See Source »

Student directors and voters must be Coopmembers, and they must be currently enrolled asdegree candidates at Harvard, the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology (MIT) or Harvard'sExtension Day School. Eleven of the candidates arenominated after interviews with Coop stockholders,and the rest must collect 100 signatures to beplaced on the ballot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Coop Official Predicts Low Election Turnout | 4/6/1989 | See Source »

After turning in my own ballot and asking to have my name checked off of the list of voters, Chodacki informed me that "We don't have a list. We're just remembering people...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Larry Lindsey Rides Again | 3/24/1989 | See Source »

...certainly be motivated by a personal ideology linking freedom with owning a condo, but most other supporters ($56,000 strong, according to the 1988 State Campaign Finance Report) are motivated by profit. Not surprisingly, among the list of financial contributors who helped get this condo bill on the ballot are some of Cambridge's most notorious landlords...

Author: By Stacie Marinelli, | Title: A Crippling Blow to Rent Control | 3/11/1989 | See Source »

...November 7, the Cambridge electorate will vote up or down a binding affordable homeownership initiative petition I have written, called 'Proposition 1-2-3.' This will appear on the ballot through the support of 15,000 people (30 percent of the registered Cambridge voters) who have cared enough about the issues it involves to sign in public the petition papers...

Author: By Fred Meyer, | Title: Home, Security and Freedom | 3/11/1989 | See Source »

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