Word: samp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Samp, a long-time Cambridge resident, says the implementation of PR was an attempt to reform what was widely perceived as a corrupt city government...
...Samp says he heartily endorses the PR system "although the counting is complicated and a lot of people don't understand [it]," saying PR reduces mudslinging and focuses candidates upon the issues...
...dare attack your opponent in hopes of getting a number two vote from your opponent's supporters," Samp says...
...anyone dies or anything scandalous happens before the next election, we could count their ballots and see who the successor should be. That's why we keep them in storage in the election safe," Samp said...
State legislation passed in 1949 allows Cambridge voters to participate in a referendum on their system every four years, Samp says. Five such elections have been defeated--the last one by over 2,500 votes, he says...