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By GEORGE BOWLES
When Virginians enter their voting booths on Nov. 6, many of them may be mildly surprised and perhaps a little puzzled by what they find.
As everyone knows, or should know by now, the principal questions facing the voters this year will be their choices for president and vice president, U.S. senator and a congressman to represent their districts.
But also on the voting machines and absentee ballots will be two referendum questions on which the citizens will be asked to vote “yes” or “no. ”
These two questions have to do with proposed amendments to the State Constitution, and as is so often the case when referendum items are offered to the voters, the questions have received almost no advance publicity. As a result, when the voter enters the
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