Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...committee has agreed, after much discussion, to drop the final ballot. It had been decided by the head delegates of the different states to cast an informal ballot after the two parties had each nominated their man to determine which of the two men was the choice of the majority. It was thought that this would lead to too much wire pulling and might finally impair the success of the convention...
...list of names proposed to every alumnus qualified to vote for Overseers, with the request that he mark not more than six of the names, as his preference for overseers. The names of the 12 receiving the highest number of votes will be placed on the official Australian ballot to be used Commencement Day, and the six receiving the highest number of votes then will be declared elected to the board...
...service.- (2) Such an argument is not applicable to municipal government.- (x) Municipal fighting is done by policemen hired for the purpose.- (d) The objection that women should not vote, because many do not wish to vote, is unsound.- (1) If the interests of the city require it, the ballot should be accepted as a duty.- (2) Those who do not wish to vote have no right to deprive of their privilege those who do.- (3) 50,000 Massachusetts women have petitioned for the privilege...
...sound, business-like manner, the directors must be chosen for their good judgment and ability. A member should either not vote at all or he should vote for the man who seems to him best fitted for the position. To put the name of a man on a ballot merely with the intention of playing a joke on him, is a form of wit that is likely to be little appreciated at Harvard...
...CASTLE SQUARE THEATRE, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, occurs the 300th Night Festival Performance-an occasion when Mr. Rose will present his company in a unique style of entertainment. Selections from the favorite operas, chosen by ballot, will be given. The voting has now been in progress some weeks and the result will be announced on Wednesday evening of the present week. The curtain will not fall until the end of the performance, there being no intermissions...