Word: ballots
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...issue is not new; Boston elected councilors by district until the early 1950s and there have been proposals to bring back a district system ever since; a similar referendum was on the ballot in 1977 and was defeated, despite the predictions of local political observers...
...from as far away as Oregon have requested copies so that they may pursue similar efforts. It comes as no surprise, then, that the council followed the lead of area groups which oppose U.S. military aid to Latin America and agreed to include Question #2 on this year's ballot...
...once in, the reasoning goes, they may well also support the councillors who helped put the questions on the ballot...
...Your recourse ultimately is clearly at the ballot box," councilor David Wylie said to the tenants. "I think the election will bring a much more malleable council in respect to rent control and condominium conversion," he added...
...union policies of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government. At the last minute, the moderates also got an unexpected assist from 35 of Benn's fellow leftist M.P.s who do not like his political opportunism. They cast their votes for a dark-horse leftist on the first ballot, then abstained on the crucial second ballot to give Healey the edge. Next day the delegates delivered an even more serious blow to Benn's group. They dumped five members of his camp from the National Executive Committee, which plays the major role in setting party policy...