Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HARVARD Democracy, Tammany Hall Style: During the Undergraduate Council's campus-wide referendum to decide whether students should choose the council chair by plebiscite, I had occasion to watch a few of my democratically-elected representatives at work...
Bramson said the low turnout did not detract from the referendum's legitimacy. "Of course there was a certain amount of apathy, but many people who didn't vote were satisfied," said Bramson. "It's actually pretty good considering that in elections for representatives we consider 50 percent good," he said...
...other council members said the low turnout was an example of the kind of apathy holding a campuswide referendum was intended to combat...
...main things that people who proposed the amendment intended was to cut down on student apathy. You can see the referendum didn't do that at all. Student apathy remains," said amendment opponent Rodolfo Ruiz '90. "People don't want to be more involved. They feel they don't have...
...council rejected the proposed amendment in December by a 47-37 vote and then voted to hold the binding referendum. Student response this week closely reflected the results of the council vote...