Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Supporters of the new program, which will appear as a non-binding referendum on tomorrow's Cambridge ballot, say the addition of 30 foot-patrolmen will attack crime at its roots...
When you vote tomorrow, cast a vote for nine City Council candidates in order of preference, and do the same for six School Committee candidates. Your number-one (first-choice) vote is the most important one in both races, but your ballot will count the most if you vote for as many candidates as permitted--nine for City Council and six for School Committee...
...same process is done for the candidate with the second most number of votes, and so on. Each time, a transferred ballot counts for the first candidate appearing on it who has not already been elected...
...only referendum question on this year's local ballot concerns whether on-foot beat police patrols should be reinstituted in Cambridge...
Thirty additional patrol officers would be needed for the program, at a cost to taxpayers of approximately $1 million, according to information on the ballot...