Word: referendum
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Responding to sharp criticism from their opponents, supporters of the ballot referendum Proposition 1-2-3 said yesterday they are not hiring temporary canvassers to campaign on Election Day next week...
...recognized the nationalist political organization, and acceded to virtually its entire agenda. In a special session of the republic's supreme soviet three weeks ago, legislators declared Azerbaijan a "sovereign" republic and reasserted its right to secede from the Soviet Union if such a move was approved in a referendum. Even in the Baltic states, where popular fronts have also grown powerful, nationalists have not chosen to send a message quite that provocative to Moscow...
...fall campaign of 1989 enters its final weeks, the debate over the controversial ballot referendum known as Proposition 1-2-3 is still raging all over the city...
...ballot question would allow some people living in rent-controlled housing to purchase their apartments after living there for two or more years. Although supporters have said the referendum will give people who otherwise could not afford homes the opportunity to own them, opponents contend that 1-2-3 will deplete the stock of affordable housing...
...Reeves had challenged Walsh and council candidate Alan Bell--both critics of rent control and strong advocates of 1-2-3--to a debate on the referendum last Tuesday, they said...