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Last year, the highly controversial Proposition 1-2-3 referendum, which would have allowed occupants of rent controlled apartments to purchase the apartments after a year of residency, sparked an unusually high turnout of approximately 29,000 voters. Ten-year local activist Jack E. Martinelli, who was resident of the progressive coalition Cambridge Civic Association (CCA) from 1986 to 1987, predicts an average to below-average turnout of 24,000 or so this year...
...Unfortunately, people in Area 4 don't vote. Turnout is low and the system reflects that. I'm not sure it's the system's fault," says Sullivan...
...some students said they had never witnessed such a huge turnout for a guest speaker...
...This is an excellent turnout by students and recruiters" Leape said "We have 68 companies here and many more who wanted to come but couldn't because we didn't have the room. We expect to have upwards of 1600 students attend the forum, which is more than in previous years...
Organizers, who spent more than three weeks planning the event, said they were pleased with the turnout. The rally drew no counterprotests...