Activists are pushing a ballot question to restrict the amount of carbon dioxide the power plants can emit.

环保人士正力促将限制发电厂的二氧化碳排放量加入投票议题。

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"Do you see that there may be a problem with Prime Minister Maliki putting on the ballot in the upcoming elections a referendum on that precise question?" "I think a referendum would be more possible if there were a perception that we were not living up to the security agreement.

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Advocates received a boost from last year's ballot question in Massachusetts on whether to allow physicians to help the terminally ill die.

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Given the carefully concocted blandness of the ballot question, the results should come down to how well each side argues its case.

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Opening up the rejected-ballot question is also a recipe for potential fraud.

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