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This initiative was placed on the ballot after citizens collected the required 66,000 signatures earlier this year. Since the referendum is binding, the measure will become law it approved by voters today...
Massachusetts has long been noted for the direct political action of its citizens and that tradition is reaffirmed today with five referenda on the ballot. The questions range in reach and scope from binding initiative on state environmental and criminal law to an advisory question on national foreign policy...
This is probably the most complicated issue on the ballot and popular sentiment does not divide along the traditional lines Certain liberal organizers such as the League of Women Voters as well as some environmental groups and academics involved in medical or biological research--have joined the large power companies in opposing the proposed law. Opponents say that existing safeguards are adequate and some citizens groups object that the law would by pass local decisionmaking. Researchers, despite the exemptions tear that the law will severely restrict their activities. They explain that it would be too costly for individual laboratories...
Last fall when the legislature overrode Governor King's veto of a law imposing a deposit on beverage bottles and cans, opponents secured the signatures needed to place the issue on the ballot. A majority of "no" votes on Question 4 will repeal the law, which otherwise will take effect, as scheduled, on January...
...ballot wording is a full page of fine print, and it still represents only a summary of the question voters will be deciding on. It is problematic that more than a handful of citizens will understand the implications of this measure...