Few details on Boston 2024 plans for Olympic referendum

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Questions remain on whether referendum would be legally binding

Few details on Boston 2024 plans for Olympic referendum
9:14 AM EDT Jun 20, 2015

BOSTON —Nearly three months after promising a statewide vote on its bid to host the 2024 Summer Games, many unanswered questions remain about the referendum process even as Boston Olympic organizers prepare to roll out a new master plan they hope will begin to address the concerns of a skeptical public.

What may sound simple - and up-or-down vote on the Olympics - may well be more complex; for example, how will the referendum be worded? And will the results be legally binding?

Adding a further wrinkle is a separate ballot initiative launched by a former third-party candidate for governor, one that could result in two questions on the November 2016 state ballot and the possibility - however unlikely - of competing results.

Boston was selected in January by the United States Olympic Committee as the U.S. bid city for the 2024 Olympics. But support for the games has sagged in public opinion polls, in part due to concerns that taxpayers might get stuck with the bill for any cost overruns.