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Tomorrow, Massachusetts state voters will cast their ballots not only for a presidential candidate and a senatorial candidate, but for a series of significant referendum questions as well. Of the eight proposals ranging in scope from charity tax reductions to motor vehicle tolls, we find Questions 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8 to be the most consequential...
...among disaffected voters, that political issues are too distant from everyday life. On the contrary, these Massachusetts Ballot Questions will effect an immediate and direct impact to the community in which we live. At the very least, we urge the people of this state to head the polls and cast an educated vote. Only then can we consider this exercise in democratic self-governance a success...
...hall sitcom Spin City added bad boy Charlie Sheen. On NBC's Law & Order, Dianne Wiest takes over from Steven Hill, who was the show's savvy, world-weary district attorney for 10 years. Law & Order, driven more by taut crime tales than characters, has gradually jettisoned its original cast and flourished ("This sounds arrogant," says executive producer Arthur Penn, "but we don't worry about it"). And series like NYPD Blue have thrived with past additions. But for every Bobby Simone, there's a cousin Oliver (The Brady Bunch)--a symbol of a show's inhumanely prolonged life...
...Election Day, after John and Jane Q. Public have cast their ballots for local, state and national candidates, they'll face another conundrum in the voting booth: Statewide initiatives. This year, 42 states offer a potpourri of referenda on topics ranging from gay rights to gun control to school vouchers - and a few of the most controversial promise to make national headlines...
...legislative candidates in Maine running with funds given under the state's Clean Elections Act. Passed by voters four years ago, it offers full public financing to state office seekers who eschew the smarmy scramble for campaign funds. Several states have similar laws; Missouri and Oregon voters cast ballots on such measures this week. But with this election, Maine is the first to test fully the bold scheme...