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...half-canton of Appenzell Inner-Rhoden has long and proudly refused women the right to vote in local elections. Last week it stepped into the 20th century, but not because it wanted to. The Swiss Supreme Court in Lausanne declared that Appenzell's 4,500 women over age 20 did have the right to vote. The justices, responding to a petition by two Appenzell women, ruled that a 1981 amendment to the constitution declaring men and women equal before the law should take precedence over cantonal legislation...
...Charlie gets his points across and will get his points across as gently as possible," says Rep. John H. Flood (D-Canton) who is leaving the House next year after an unsuccessful run for governor. "But he won't be afraid to assert himself...
State Rep. John H. Flood (D--Canton) has less than one percent of voter support in the polls, and many said it is highly unlikely that he will be able to amass the required 15 percent without intervention on the part of other candidates...
Ceremonial swords at their side, 2,500 men marched into the central square of Appenzell. "You are accountable only to your conscience and to God," said Beat Graf, the administrator of Appenzell Inner-Rhoden, a half-canton in northeastern Switzerland. A forest of arms shot skyward and, by two-thirds, the men summarily rejected a proposal to grant women the right to vote in local elections...
Bellotti, Murphy, Boston University President John Silber and Rep. John Flood (D-Canton) are all seeking the Democratic nomination for governor...