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Preferential voting will be used in the election of the three Marshals, first position on a ballot counting three points; second place, two; and third place, one. The man receiving the greatest total number of points will be elected First Marshal, and so forth. For the other individual offices and the Album Committee the candidates receiving the largest number of votes will hold the positions...
...strategy of a Ritchie v. Roosevelt contest might be this: The Maryland Governor would be built up until he controlled 150 or more convention votes. Added to favorite son factions in other States, this would be sufficient to block Governor Roosevelt's nomination on the first ballot. Then all possible anti-Roosevelt support would be concentrated behind Governor Ritchie who would advance as a pacemaker. Conceivably he might win the nomination. More likely, he would wear down the New York Governor's strength until that gentleman was ready to send his managers into a midnight hotel room conference...
...Alexander, Jugoslavia had an election day last week. Results were certain. The Government took no chances. All opponents of the Government refused to have anything to do with the election. Candidates of the Government party only were allowed to appear on the voting list. Voting was not by secret ballot but orally, before a scowling election board. Since it is against the law to refuse to vote in Jugoslavia, the Govern-ment was returned to power almost unanimously. Even so, members of the opposition thought of a way to register a protest. Election day was Sunday. They refused...
...board members to his hospital to watch the operations on both men and goats. The doctors watched him transplant goat glands into two patients and promptly revoked his license. Dr. Brinkley countered by running for Governor. He entered the race too late to have his name put on the ballot, could not get newspapers to print his advertisements, had to instruct voters how to vote for him by radio. But his broadcast battle cry was "Let's pasture the goats on the State House lawn!"?and he polled 188,339 votes, only 28.862 less than Successful Candidate Harry Woodring...
...announcement of the "Lousiest Picture of the Year" ballot...