Word: petitioners
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Graham has said she would not take part in anychallenge to the decision. However, she signed arecount petition, as required by state law,allowing Thomure to investigate problems with thecomputer-scanned punch-card ballots used in cityelections.
Burmese dismiss fears that the profusion of political banners might indicate a dangerously splintered opposition. "By the time of elections, there will be only three or four choices," predicts La Kyo, a leader of the Arakan League for Democracy, one of a score of ethnic minority parties that have sprung...
Frederick R. Meyer, the Cambridge realtor who wrote Proposition 1-2-3, says he had "at least double" the required number of signatures. Eight percent of Cambridge's registered voters--about 3500 people--must sign the petition to make it a binding referendum question, Meyer says.
Sullivan also criticizes the Cambridge Homeowners' Association, which sponsored the petition, for using paid temporary employees who were ill-informed about the proposition to solicit signatures.
If the union and the University cannot agree on key contract points, the process coud drag on for more than a year, and may even result in a strike, according to labor experts. Furthermore, workers could petition the National Labor Relations Board after one year to decertify the union if...