Word: votes
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...fanfare, however, Carter will probably have only a limited impact on the election. In many areas, where local pocketbook issues predominate, his name is rarely even mentioned in campaigns. Democratic candidates seek his help in raising money and getting out the vote, but they do not expect much beyond that. "Kansans have a respect for the presidency," says Bill Roy, who must contend with farmers angry over Carter's agriculture policies. "I'm not sure his visit will change a single vote, because Kansans are very independent when it comes to voting. They don't vote...
...Oklahomans will vote on whether to ask the legislature to set mandatory minimum sentences for people convicted of their third felonies. There is virtually no opposition to the initiative, and it is expected to pass handily...
...South Dakotans will vote on an initiative that would reverse the normal practice of giving heavy users of gas and electricity, like industrial consumers, lower rates. Instead, the biggest commercial customers would pay higher rates. At the same time, a minimum "lifeline" rate would be established for the nonaffluent residential consumer so that his basic gas and electricity needs would not soar beyond his ability to pay. The proposal is being pushed by a regional group, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN...
...South Carolinians, concerned about keeping the state's AAA credit rating, will vote on whether to require the legislature to set aside 5% of each year's tax revenues for a reserve against debt. Proponents call the reserve, which would amount to about $63 million this year, a rainy-day fund, while opponents regard it as a slush fund that could be used by spendthrift legislators to underwrite pork-barrel public works projects. The proposition's chances are rated as a tossup...
...Vote white," implored Philadelphia mayor Frank Rizzo at a recent ward meeting. There was no reaction from his white working-class audience, which took the remark as a matter of course. But next day, despite Rizzo's insistence that he did not intend to be taken seriously, black leaders seized on it as further evidence that the combative former cop is a racist at heart...