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...straw ballot Presidential election will be held by the CRIMSON in the CRIMSON Building and Memorial Hall tomorrow, between 8.30 o'clock in the morning and 8 o'clock in the evening. All mem- bers of the University, including graduate as well as undergraduate students, will be allowed to vote...
Because the majority of party nominees have not been selected yet, no parties will appear on the ballot after the candidates' names. This will make the election a choice of an individual rather than a party election. The thirteen men, whose names will appear upon the ballot, include the most widely mentioned candidates in the country. However, there will be blank spaces left, in order that votes may be cast for candidates whose names do not appear on the ballot...
...ballot containing the names of these candidates will be sent to every graduate who is eligible to vote for Overseers. The five who receive the highest number of votes on Commencement will be elected for the term of six years to fill the places made vacant by the expiration of the terms of Charles William Eliot '53, Theodore Roosevelt '80, Francis L. Higginson '63, George Angier Gordon '81, and Abbot Low Mills...
...Representing all parts of the United States, the University should be a clearing-house of political doctrines and should approximately express national sentiment. Now is the time of postal card canvasses and straw votes. To discover the political complexity of the University the CRIMSON has arranged for a presidential ballot next Tuesday, at which students can pick the man they think should guide the nation for the next four years...
...CRIMSON will hold a straw ballot Presidential election, open to all members of the University, in the CRIMSON Building next Tuesday from 8.30 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the evening. The names of thirteen candidates will appear upon the ballot without any designation as to parties. This will be done with the intention of making the vote a choice of the individual only, without party influence. Although the list of names includes the most widely mentioned candidates, blank spaces will be left at the bottom of the ballot in order that votes may be made...