Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...term, the council first turned attention to its own structure, holding a student referendum on whether the office of chair, currently elected by the council, should be replaced by a president elected by the student body. Proponents believed the move would give a stronger mandate to the council leader, while opponents felt such a move would split the governing body...
...Supporters of Proposition 1-2-3, a measure allowing some tenants in rent-controlled housing to convert their apartments to condominiums, submit a petition with 7000 signatures to the city Election Commission, calling for a ballot referendum. The 1-2-3 proponents have actually collected more than 15,000 signatures, enough to force a special election on the question, but they decide that their chances of victory will be greater in a regular election. On election day, canvassers are paid to collect signatures in support...
...James Vorenberg '49 progresses, conservative law students--members of the Students' Alliance For Fairness--propose that the Law School Council be prevented from reserving seats on the student dean search committee for specific organizations. They propose an amendment to the Law School's charter that is slated for a referendum vote...
...referendum proposed by the Students' Alliance For Fairness is postponed after 144 extra ballots turn up in the ballot box, invalidating the vote...
...Chile a 15-year-old dictatorship holds a referendum on itself and loses, proving once again that democracy is a people's license to act enlightened...