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Francis Faulkner, a spokesperson for CLT, says that the Boston headquarters for the petition has been receiving more than 20 calls a day from parents complaining that teachers have been encouraging their students to vote against the ballot initiative...
...Citizens for Limited Taxation (CLT) petition has received the bulk of the media's attention in recent months, but Massachusetts voters will also decide the fate of five other ballot referenda tomorrow...
Question 4 would greatly relax state election laws governing the establishment of political parties, making it easier for for fringe candidates to find a place for themselves on the ballot. Such an expansion of the democratic process is clearly overdue in the state of Massachusetts. We support a YES vote on Question...
...final ballot initiative, Question 6, would also affect the democratic process in Massachusetts. It would call for television and radio outlets to give free and equal time to all certified candidates for office in the state. (It is nonbinding.) While such a requirement would have a positive effect by increasing the exposure of poorly financed campaigns, it would come at the cost of increased governmental control of the media. The answer to making the election system more equitable is to publically finance campaigns, not to use strong arm tactics on the independent press. We endorse a NO vote on Question...
THAT an angry electorate could tempt itself with a drastic budget reform proposal like Question 3 on tomorrow's ballot should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed Bay State politics for the past two years. By almost any measure imaginable, the state of Massachusetts in the year 1990 is an economic shambles, and nearly everyone--Democrat and Republican--realizes that something has to be done to clean up the mess...