Word: referenda
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...vice-president of the student government. This is the first serious attempt to bring popular elections of officers to the council. The idea has been kicked around in the minds of members, it was discussed in a re-evaluation committee or two and it has appeared on council referenda. Now we are going...
...measure cannot be altered or rejected by Cambridge, Boston or Brookline--the three Massachusetts communities with rent control laws. And the act effectively makes moot a two-month court battle over the way the nine Election Day ballot referenda--including the initiative to abolish rent control--were conducted...
...month court battle over November's election procedures also appears to be nearing an end. Four voters had charged Secretary of State Michael J. Connolly--who administered the ballot referenda--with violating the constitution by not printing summaries of the nine lengthy initiatives inside voting booths. They also charged numerous voting irregularities...
...case is now before the SJC, which can--among other options--throw out all nine referenda on one end, or force enactment of all nine initiatives on the other...
...said the alternative to paper summaries were either "teeny-tiny type" on the voting booth ballot, or a completely separate vote for the referenda on a paper ballot...