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Representatives of a local women's group said Monday night they are prepared to take immediate legal action against the city for failing to place the issue on the November 5 ballot...
Despite mounting pressure from local women's groups, the Cambridge City Council decided for the second time in a week to keep an antipornography question off the November ballot...
Acting on the advice of the city solicitor, Cambridge lawmakers opposed to placing the question on the ballot argued that the courts have already declared identical measures in other cities unconstitutional. But some officials said that Cambridge voters, not the city, should resolve the pornography issue...
...city council claims that Cambridge statutes give them 20 days to decide whether a non-binding referendum should be on the ballot. However, the Alliance charges that local laws require the council to enact either the legislation, or place the issue on the ballot if 8 percent of the city's registered voters sign a petition...
Election commission officials said earlier this week, that they would probably print two versions of the ballot--one with the question and one without--just in case...