Word: question
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Cambridge political system dictates that for a question to get on the ballot, it must be endorsed by 8 percent of the voting population. Supporters of the rent control ballot were confused as to whether all of those votes had to come from active voters...
...Bill Cavellini, housing organizer of the Eviction Free Zone (EFZ), another Cambridge rent control group, says that it is the Election Commission's fault that the question will not appear on the ballot...
Regardless of who is at fault, the missing ballot question may have consequences for the voter turnout...
...problem with this situation, Koocher says, is that rent control supporters will not turn out at the polls in full force without the question on the ballot...
...question were there, you would get a more tenant-friendly slate," Koocher says. "There would be people showing up who just wanted to protect cheap rents...