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Bill Cavellini, a Cambridge taxi driver and a member of the pro-rent control interest group, says 1,300 signatures were written by the same several individuals, although only 300 of those were confirmed in the court...
Cavellini says he expects the appeal to be heard in September or October. And he notes that if the signatures are ruled invalid in an appeal trial, the anti-rent control Homeowners Coalition would have to restart the process of collecting signatures for the petition...
...that would mean no rent control referendum on Election...
...State Legislature has a right to refuse the first set of petitions and require another set to demonstrate additional popular support. It did so for the rent control case...
...throughout the wrangling over the first petition, the anti-rent control Homeowners Coalition moved ahead with the process and onto the second one. The second petition required 11,715--a number equivalent to one-half of one percent of those who voted in the last gubernatorial election--additional signatures to put the rent control question to the voters...