Word: balloting
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...question, which is binding, reached the ballot by initiative petition after nearly unanimous defeat by both houses of the legislature...
Question Two on the ballot is a binding statewide referendum that proposes to repeal Massachusetts' Prevailing Wage Law. The Prevailing Wage Law requires state and local governments to pay the going rates--usually based on union levels--for any construction and public works projects...
...says Graham's campaign accuses Thompson of being "in the pocket of developers" and against rent control. Albano charges that Thompson supports Proposition 1-2-3, a 1989 municipal ballot question that would make it easier to take apartments off of rent control. But Thompson said he has oppossed the measure since he heard of it in September...
Since Graham lost the Democratic primary, she has been running a sticker campaign against Thompson because her name no longer appears on the ballot. The nominee says he has hired a lawyer "because we think there will be some legal problems...
...lawyer, Thompson says, told his campaign staff how to deal with a possible "challenge on ballots." His main concerns are the incorrect use of stickers and "violence at the polls," he says. Thompson says he wants to know whether a vote will count if the Graham sticker is on, but the ballot is also punched next to his name, or if the sticker is falling off. Thompson asks, "is that a good ballot...