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...voting described below shall be used in all class elections. Each elector shall indicate his order of preference for all the candidates for each office. A first choice shall count one, a second two, and so on. The candidate receiving the lowest numerical total shall be declared elected. Any ballot on which all the candidates for any office have not been voted upon shall be declared invalid for that office...
...often the case that a member of a college class feels his responsibility in proportion to the spectacular quality of the task he has to do and not in proportion to its intrinsic importance. There is far less of the spectacular in casting a ballot at a class election than in acting as class marshal or president or orator. But the importance of the two performances are not in the same ratio. With this in mind and knowing that the success of the present preferential system of voting depends on every man in the class voting and voting thoroughly...
...result of the postal ballot for the nomination of Overseers, the names of the twelve candidates will appear on the final ballot, arranged according to their standing on the postal ballot, as follows...
...outside of his personal circle, except those whose names he has seen in athletic connections. To this must possibly be added another consideration. Even if he should recall the name of some one who had won honors for scholarship, he would often hesitate to write his name on the ballot, out of deference to the sentiment that such a man was most likely too bookish for any "practical" job. The net result is the same as if most of the elections were formally limited to athletes, and constitutes a demonstration of the state of university public opinion...
...committee of the Harvard Alumni Association appointed to suggest candidates' names has selected the list. The names of the 10 candidates who receive the largest number of votes in the postal ballot of the alumni will be placed upon the official ballot for Commencement...