Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Responding to sharp criticism from their opponents, supporters of the ballot referendum Proposition 1-2-3 said yesterday they are not hiring temporary canvassers to campaign on Election Day next week...
Opponents of Proposition 1-2-3--which would drastically change the city's rent control system by allowing some tenants in rent controlled unites to buy their apartments--severely criticized CHOA last year for using temps to collect the signatures needed to put the measure on the ballot...
...break with its tradition of political neutrality, Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) yesterday announced its formal opposition to the fall ballot referendum Proposition...
...consequences of such government paralysis are most apparent in California, where the 1978 Proposition 13 ballot initiative sparked the antitax revolt that swept the country. Now, with the state government hobbled by tax restrictions and unable to respond to public pressure, citizen initiatives have mushroomed. California had 29 propositions on its ballot last year on matters ranging from limits on auto insurance to new tobacco taxes. William Zimmerman, who helps organize such voter initiatives, admits that they are not the best way to handle complex issues. But, he says, "if the alternative is no action, I'll take the flawed...
...happened while I was eating lunch with two of Harvard's dedicated liberal activists. One of them asked the other for help organizing opposition to Prop 1-2-3, the upcoming ballot initiative that would allow some tenants to purchase their rent-controlled apartments...