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By: Melvin H.

Melvin H. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:44:56 +0000

Sounds like the 1974 (1972?) ballot initiative in Colorado, on whether to have the ’76 Winter Olympics in Denver: One of the local newspeople here, describing what the issue meant, said that (paraphrasing) “a ‘no’ vote on the issue means you support the Games here; a ‘yes’ vote means you want the Games out of here.”

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Depends on Your Definition of the Word Yes | The Agitator — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:28:27 +0000

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By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:07:10 +0000

Not quite the same thing, but I recently discovered that as opposed to the generally held principle that unless otherwise defined words have their ordinary meaning, the rule of law in NJ is that “and” and “or” may be interpreted interchangeably.