Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recent years, the most important question on the Cambridge ballot has been about rent control. It's a contentious issue, and one that draws Cantabrigians to the polls...
...that the only ballot question is a 'public opinion advisory question' about the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, some political analysts worry that fewer voters passionate about rent control will turn out--meaning a potentially skewed City Council slate...
Rent control is an issue that should have and could have been on the ballot, according to Glenn S. Koocher '71, the host of a local political show...
Already, the states are making moves in that direction. Voters in Massachusetts and Arizona last year passed ballot initiatives setting up systems of public financing for state elections. These rules ensure that every candidate with demonstrated popular support will have the funds he or she needs to run a campaign. If the federal government catches on, candidates like Elizabeth Dole who must run without the support of well-heeled donors might get a fair hearing next time...
...while education can prove effective in helping the public to understand the benefits of proportional representation, nothing can serve democracy more than a concrete demonstration of proportional representation's superiority over the deficient legacy that winner-take-all democracy has left our nation. I urge you to cast your ballot come Nov. 2. We, too, are members of the Cambridge community...