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15% rule

Description: George Keverian and John Silber make appeal to abolish 15% rule regulating which candidates' names appear on state ballot. Rep. William Galvin and Sen. Richard Kraus favor preserving it.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/03/1990

Act for Accountable Politics

Description: Archibald Cox, Common Cause and Rep. Stephen Doran tout Act for Accountable Politics to promote ethics in government by restricting campaign funds and outside income for elected officials.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/28/1990

Ballot question 2

Description: Ballot question 2 would eliminate state consultants. Human services contractors believe it jeopardizes their agencies. Day care providers giving bottles to minority babies. People in voting booths.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/25/1990

Ballot question 4

Description: Ballot question 4 would loosen state's two-party system by allowing new parties to form, and by reducing signatures required to get alternative candidates on ballot.People voting.Alexander Tennant
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/25/1990

Ballot question 5

Description: Ballot question 5 would ensure 40% of state revenues be passed on as local aid. Mayors gather to support the initiative and oppose CLT petition. Fernald staff protest layoffs. Ray Flynn, Jordan Levy.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/04/1990

Bellotti Silber Flood debate

Description: Democratic gubernatorial candidates Flood, Silber, Bellotti debate with one-liners, discuss 15% rule, and poke fun at Evelyn Murphy, who is absent.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/04/1990

Bulger vs. DeJong on voting day

Description: On election day, William Bulger blankets South Boston with posters and poll workers; ignores other wards in his district. John DeJong's presence is more modest. People wait in line to vote. Dukakis imitator.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/06/1990

Bulger's victory speech

Description: William Bulger's victory speech in South Boston after being reelected senator from first Suffolk district.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/06/1990

Candidates before the convention

Description: Tip O'Neill appeals to Democrats to eliminate 15% rule from convention. Police endorse Bellotti. Bellotti and Murphy decline to discuss 15% rule and Kevin White's association with Silber.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/30/1990

Delegates and the 15% rule

Description: Three uncommitted delegates tell of their opposition to 15% rule at state convention, but also their opposition to John Silber as Democratic candidate for governor.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/25/1990