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Those expecting Cambridge voter turnout to smash previous records were disappointed to see only moderate gains...
While voter turnout rates increased by four or five percent in Cambridge, this upswing was not as dramatic as the 18 point rise in New Hampshire voter turnout rate reported by the Salem Observer. New Hampshire and several other swing states reported record turnouts due to strong voter registration efforts...
...statewide elections. Following its passage of full public financing in 1996, Maine became the first state in the country to adopt universal health care after the influx of public funds diluted the insurance industry’s influence. Arizona has witnessed a 20 percent increase in voter turnout, more competitive races and an upsurge in minority elected officials. In Massachusetts, however, state legislators, content with their comfortable incumbencies and reluctant to face a rash of publicly funded challengers, defied the voters and refused to implement the new system...
Italians certainly think so. “There are no alternatives; without the Union and without a Constitution there is no future for Europe,” Italian President and head of state Carlo Azeglio Ciampi said. Italy, which boasted the highest voter turnout in June’s European Parliamentary elections (73.1 percent versus a 45.5 percent EU-wide average), is, according to most studies, one of the most firmly integrationist EU countries. While editorials in the Italian papers reflected excitement, newspapers in the United Kingdom waxed skeptical about what they see as a flawed document and an excessive...
Zachary A. Rothstein ’07 is not a member of any political organization on campus, but he said he went to the IOP because he knew there would be a large turnout...