Word: referenda
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...vote on giving block grants to the house committees and on raising the minimum percentage of the council's budget dedicated to grants from 60 percent to 65 percent. The 4-3 decision of the executive board overturned a decision made Friday night in favor of holding the referenda in tandem with the elections...
Those who voted against holding the referenda this week said they disapproved of the fact that the referendum was being exploited...
...Holding the referenda along with the elections] is like having a big poster for one candidate slapped right on the voting program," Appelbaum said...
Council secretary Michael J. Passante '99 said he feared that it would set a dangerous precedent for candidates to manipulate referenda in future campaigns...
...executive board voted to hold the referenda from Wednesday at 5 p.m., just after the close of election voting, until Saturday...