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Dates: during 1980-1989
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However, candidates who have collected 232 alumni signatures can add their names to the ballot according to the alumni association charter. "Certificate candidates are a normal part of the system, we have had them in the past," said Nancy O. Sanler, associate for human resourses...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Protesters, Tutu to Share Stage | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

...Alumni Against Apartheid candidates said they are optimistic about their chances of being elected. "Although our sweeping the ballot is highly unlikely, one or more of us could easily be elected. The response to our campaign has been fantastic. There is clearly a very large group of alumni which does not support universities which support apartheid...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Protesters, Tutu to Share Stage | 1/8/1986 | See Source »

...municipal election, 66 percent of those eligible exercised their right to vote, mostly because of three heavily debated ballot questions, one of which proposed making Cambrdige a nuclear-free city...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Fifty Percent Cast Ballots in City Election | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

...final results of the city council race and referenda balloting will not be available until at least Saturday because of Cambridge's complicated system of proportional representation. Under this system, where voters rank candidates in order of preference, each paper ballot is sorted and counted by hand in a lengthy process that may last up to a week...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Fifty Percent Cast Ballots in City Election | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

Sponsors of controversial anti-pornography ballot question said yesterday's exceptionally low turnout may spell doom for the proposed ordinance. If passed into law, Question 3 would allow women believing they have been hurt by pornography to sue the makers, distributors, and sellers of such material...

Author: By Thomas J. Winslow, | Title: Fifty Percent Cast Ballots in City Election | 11/6/1985 | See Source »

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