Word: referenda
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...elections in which money becomes a decisive factor are referenda, because there are no candidates involved who might sway voters through their own personal appeal. In contests over Equal Rights Amendments, handgun bans, bottle bills, or nuclear power limitations, voter "education" is the key. The side that can mount the most effective advertising campaign is usually the side that wins...
...results of last month's referenda in Massachusetts showed clearly the power of massive spending, and the list of contributors to the campaigns against several of the questions shows even more clearly the weaknesses of the present campaign financing laws in this state...
...addition to all the battles for office high and low across the nation, there were some fierce campaigns on a farrago of issues. Casinos, handguns, disposable bottles and cans, nuclear safeguards, the size of local governments were among the hundreds of objects of referenda, initiatives and propositions on city and state ballots. Voters in Maryland confronted 21 issues on which their judgment was sought, those in Massachusetts nine, in Georgia 28, for example. Verdicts on some of the most interesting and important...
...MOST disturbing aspects of this fall's election campaign was the pervasive influence of corporate contributions on the outcome of referenda questions on the Massachusetts ballot...
...better, especially on events at the State House, the Herald is still vulnerable to charges of sensationalism. In its first revamped Sunday edition, the Herald's lead headline read: "15 State Firms May Move Out If Flat Rate Voted." Until then, the Herald's stories about the various state referenda questions had been superficially balanced, but the scare headline destroyed that. The story was based on a prediction from a vice president of the First National Bank of Boston, who declined to name the firms he said told him they would leave the state if a proposition mandating uniform electric...