Word: referendum
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Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Henry Leen heard three hours of testimony about the proposed Cambridge rent control referendum yesterday but made no decision about whether to place rent control on the November 4 election ballot...
Leen will receive the briefs from lawyers representing both sides on Monday. A final decision is not expected until Wednesday. If a referendum is ordered the delay will mean the Cambridge Election Commission will have to print a separate ballot for the 22-page proposal. Both the referendum and the election will be held on November 4 but on different ballots...
...separate petitions asked the court to overturn the ruling of the Election Commission. Boston attorney Alan Rosenberg, representing members of the Rent Control Referendum Committee-including Hilary Putnam, Professor of Philosophy-said that very legal requirement has been met by the committee. He argued that the sole duty of the Election Commission is to determine if all requirements have been met and not to decide the legality of the proposed ordinance...
...court in its ruling, said that it is not the function of the Commission to decide the legality of the referendum...
...duty of the Commission, the court said, is a ministerial one, limited to determining whether all standards for a referendum have been met. This duty was limited to such functions as counting...