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SPOA is a 3,000-member statewide organization which was first formed in Cambridge to oppose rent control, which Question 9, a statewide referendum, ended in 1994. It now represents the interests of property owners who own one to 20 rental units...

Author: By Brady R. Dewar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Does Senate Bill 541 take away tenants' rights to a day in court or prevent landlords from being cheated? | 4/28/1999 | See Source »

...hundred ninety-three students voted in favor of the referendum, which asked whether students were willing to double the optional $20 council fee that appears on their term bills. One hundred seventy-four students elected to keep the fee the same...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Disappointed By Low Voter Turnout | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...referendum ran through the uc-vote program from Monday to Wednesday. Council President Noah Z. Seton '00 officially announced the results yesterday over the uc-general e-mail list...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Disappointed By Low Voter Turnout | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

Although a majority voted in favor of the referendum, the low number of voters basically nullifies the results. According to the council's constitution, turnout for a binding referendum must be at least as high as that for council elections--this year, 18 percent of the student body...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Disappointed By Low Voter Turnout | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

...didn't know anything about the referendum," said Marshall D. Perrin '00, an Eliot House resident. "I've seen no posters around Eliot or around the Yard...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Council Disappointed By Low Voter Turnout | 4/23/1999 | See Source »

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