Word: voters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Voter turnout in Harvard area precincts was moderate to heavy yesterday, with about 55 per cent turnout reported by 7:30 p.m., a significant increase over the turnout in the last gubernatorial election four years ago, Edward J. Samp, one of Cambridge's four election commissioners, said yesterday...
...Voter lists posted outside the Cambridge fire station showed that Harvard students make up more than half of Ward Six. Precinct Three, the third largest precinct in the city. Quad residents vote in Ward Seven, Precinct Five...
Therein lies part of the problem, of course. The issue has become so confusing that many voters have no idea what a Yes or No vote means on tax classification. That alone keeps business hopes alive. Every single office-holder and candidate for statewide office in Massachusetts, Democrat or Republican, is in favor of Question One (including Ed King). Ralph Nader calls it crucial. Boston Mayor Kevin H. White, as part of his machine-building, is banking his political future on it, in part because he realizes that its failure will mean angry homeowners storming City Hall to protest skyrocketing...
...THOMAS P. O'NEILL Jr. (D-Mass.) has represented Cambridge, along with Boston's Back Bay and parts of several other neighboring cities in Massachusetts's 18th Congressional district. By virtue of his position as Speaker of the House, his popularity throughout the district, and the overwhelmingly Democratic voter registration, "Tip" O'Neill can't possibly lose to perennial Republican challenger William "Battlin' Bill" Barnstead tomorrow...
...four county elections are uncontested, another should be decided by 8:30 p.m., and the closest fight, that being the battle for County Treasurer, might not interest the voter enough to make his way to the end of the ballot...