Word: referenda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Voters in 39 Massachusetts cities went to the polls yesterday to elect municipal officials and vote on ballot referenda...
...would mean a new world, one in which abortions could be banned in many states or made greatly more difficult to get. After years in which court dictates let politicians dodge the whole roiling issue, abortion would be forced back into the political arena. Back to state legislatures and referenda. Back to lawmakers and voters...
This point, which is made by many liberal legislators in the State House, is well-taken. Referenda which set arbitrary figures and remove professional lawmakers from the allocation process can be unwieldy and constricting...
Tsongas has a proven track record with state-level referenda, having successfully mobilized citizens behind a non-binding building moratorium on Cape Cod last year. Massachusetts will be better off if he can achieve similar success with this progressive and pragmatic funding initiative. Populist referenda can be simplistic and constricting. But in this case the end justifies the means...
...problem with the referenda lies less in their content than in their xenophobic underpinnings...