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Although the number of registered voters has declined by nearly 5000 this year, three referenda questions on tomorrow's ballot are expected to bring out the feminist vote, Harvard-haters, and North Cambridge residents opposed to nerve gas testing in their own backyards...
There are also three referenda questions on the ballot each dealing with a ban on nerve gas testing within city limits, Harvard's housing policies, and making the sale of pornography a criminal offense...
...Three referenda questions likely to be on this November's ballot should also spark considerable controversy. One calls for the discontinuation of deadly nerve gas testing within city limits; the second deals with pornography as a form of sexual discrimination; and the third asks residents to voice their opposition to Harvard's real estate practices in the city...
Voters used a stylus-like instrument to punch out boxes for as many as 235 candidates or referenda. After the polls closed, the cards were taken to OIT where they were fed into a card reader that tabulated the votes...
While most students stood on the sidelines and some observers attributed the recurrent rumblings to a small group of agitators, the underlying sentiment evidently ran deep. Law School Council polls and referenda revealed widespread dissatisfaction on a variety of educational issues, suggesting that the protests will outlive the graduation of their most outspoken movers this spring...