Word: ballots
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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...
...Election Commission said that the petitioners had gathered the necessary signatures of 8 percent of the city's registered voters, thereby approving the issue for a November vote. But Cambridge statutes give the city council 20 days to decide whether a non-binding referendum should be placed on the ballot, according to election commissioner Sondra Scheir...
...have any doubt that this matter is unconstitutional [although] we have no choice but to place it on the ballot," said City Councilor David E. Sullivan, who called the proposal "repugnant to free speech" and "thought-control...
Mayor Francis H. Duehay '55, who cast the deciding vote Monday night, said that there is "substantial legal precedent for city governments keeping an unconstitutional issue off the ballot." Duehay added, however, that a court order could override the city's decision...
...city was involved in a similar dispute when it tried to keep a petition making Cambridge a nuclear free zone off the ballot. The city later bowed to state and judicial pressure, and allowed the issue on the ballot. Voters defeated the referendum...