Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...motion on the bias measure was defeated once in the evening, but President Edward F. Burke '50 re-introduced it when he found out that one member who had abstained on the first ballot would vote in favor of the ruling...
...ideal, could straighten this out: 1. have a primary election and then a run-off; 2. require more signatures on nominating petitions, insuring both a smaller slate and nominees who are known to the voters; 3. at least institute preferential voting to help offset the size of the ballot...
Voters are to check 12 names on each ballot. The returns will be counted by juniors and sophomores at the Student Council office...
...action was possible at the convention because of constitutional provisions, but a committee was appointed to study the question, and a vote will be taken by mail ballot sometime next year or at the next convention in the summer...
...polling booths they glanced nervously at the carbine-carrying, khaki-clad youths who lounged ominously outside; they were members of the 1,500-strong "special police" hired by provincial Governor Rafael Lacson to make sure that the election would turn out the way he wanted it. Police carried off ballot boxes to his home an hour before the polls closed; some ballots had been marked and laid away two weeks before...