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While a quick “no?? doesn’t necessarily mean a student has a binding early acceptance, Fitzsimmons said that before students could apply to both Early Decision and Early Action schools, “very few” turned down Harvard immediately after their early acceptance...
...Though it appeared that, as with most ballot initiatives, a “yes” vote would signify that one supported the goals of the measure’s sponsors, Question 3 was introduced and written by state legislators who were hoping for a “no?? vote. To this end, these legislators framed the question in a highly manipulative manner...
...course, like the idea when phrased that way. After all, who would support the idea of taxpayers’ hard-earned money going to candidates who have made no special effort to reform their campaigns? It is no surprise, then, that Question 3’s “no?? option won with 74 percent of the vote. But the sins of omission in Question 3’s wording, though less than thrilling to fans of open legislation, are not in themselves unacceptable or undemocratic; voters, one would hope, are intelligent and aware enough to vote...
...person asks a candidate whether they’re running—yes or no??it’s not campaigning to answer that question,” Lee said...
Thus Lee’s “yes or no?? example would actually be considered campaigning by the Election Commission, Gaillard said...