Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Senate Majority Leader Johnson, to serve fellow Texans as a legislator. Last week, with all 31 members signing as cosponsors, the Texas senate passed-and sent to an eager house-a bill allowing candidates to file for both statewide office and the U.S. presidency or vice-presidency on the ballot for this summer's Texas primaries. The bill mentioned no names, applied to any candidate. But, explained San Angelo's Dorsey Hardeman, author of the measure: "This might be referred to as the Lyndon Johnson-for-President bill...
...students thus feel nothing but disdain for those who bid for their vote and pass themselves off as their representatives. In addition the belief of the academically oriented that those who politick are in a lower class causes disdain for another reason, and so the student may mark his ballot with the patronizing view that he is pampering to the foolish whims of these politicos who perhaps do what they do because they lack the intellectual strength to study and become immersed in academics, and so must compensate for their academic weaknesses by attempting to gain recognition through politics. Although...
...suggestions in the report must be singled out for additional praise. The introduction of a primary to precede Class Marshal elections is a simple solution to what threatened to become an unwieldy problem. In the future only eight names will be on the final ballot; this will simplify the voters' task and insure that the eventual winners have college-wide support...
...such a position but who, for various reasons, are reluctant to put themselves forward in what is essentially a popularity contest. By mere dint of his position, a Master knows who these people are and he can see to it that no qualified person is left off the ballot. Anyone not nominated by his Master is free to place his own name before the electorate by gathering twenty-five names on a petition...
...individual involved that he place his name on a petition. Hopefully this matter will be cleared up in committee and the final draft presented to the Council tonight will retain the principle of having the Masters see to it that no capable name be left off the ballot...