Word: vote
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vote on Question 3 will reduce the so-called 12 percent tax, a levy on personal income from dividend and interest gains. The new rate would be tied to the state's income tax, currently 5.95 percent of wages and salaries...
...vote would tie pay raises for state legislators to the commonwealth's median household incomes, and take away their ability to vote themselves pay raises. Proponents say this helps insure the integrity of elected officials...
...final ballot initiative has received the most publicity. A "Yes" vote on Question 4 would continue a 1997 law aimed at restructuring the state's electric utility industry. A "No" vote would repeal...
Proponents of the "Yes" vote, which includes a coalition consumer and power industry advocates, are pouring thousands of dollars into television advertising...
...responsible for the sudden reversal? Step forward, the usual suspects: Opinion pollsters. Less than a week before the election, the GOP finds itself running neck-and-neck with Democrats in national polls of likely voters; a good, solid wedge issue is required to get out the core right-wing vote. And what issue in America ?- save, perhaps, abortion -- is more divisive and inflammatory than the Clinton scandal? Curiously enough, the new campaign comes as a new FEC report shows Republicans outspending Democrats by a hefty $92 million. With all that cash, maybe they?ll be able to afford a sound...