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...strategy of Cambridge Convention '75, a lobby formed this year to present the liberals as a unified slate, seems to have failed. By registering new voters--taking advantage of the lowered voting age and the end of residency requirements--the Convention hoped to expand its constituency. It organized registration drives in areas where they hoped to find young, liberal voters; it set up tables around Harvard, MIT and Central Square. The results were promising: 5000 new voters added to the rolls...
...presenting a unified slate and increasing their constituency, the candidates hope to tip the political balance in their favor and capture five of the nine seats on the council...
...group of liberal reformer politicians have banded together to offer Cambridge residents a clear-cut alternative to the independents. That alternative, the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, includes an ironclad platform provision for the retention of rent control...
...incumbents on the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, particularly David Clem and John Brode '52, would also serve well as members of the council...
David A. Wylie, a city councilor seeking re-election on the Cambridge Convention '75 slate, said recently that even in its present small numbers the student vote has to be considered by candidates for office. "Elections are always very, very close and even a few hundred votes will make a tremendous difference." In past elections, the city council's crucial fifth seat (the swing seat out of nine) has been won or lost by the slight margin of only 30 to 40 votes. If a lot of students were to register Wylie believes it "would shake things...