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...executive committee of the Political Club has voted to hold a straw ballot Monday on the following question: "Resolved, That if the Constitution of the United States provided for the recall of public servants, President Taft's record would justify his recall." The voting will be simply pro or con. For election purposes the University will be divided into precincts; though it has not been definitely decided, it is expected that these will be two in number--one to include all members of the Law School; the other taking in the rest of the University. The ballot will...
President Eliot then spoke of the ballot now in use. It is so long that it is impossible for any voter to know all candidates and to vote with judgment and discrimination. The best movement now before the country is that instituted by the Short Ballot League...
Professor L. J. Johnson '87 will deliver a lecture in Emerson J at 4.30 o'clock this afternoon on, "The American City Charter up to Date." Direct nominations, the short ballot, preferential voting, the initiative, the referendum, and the recall will be discussed as means to secure the control of a city by its inhabitants. There will also be a mock election as an object lesson in preferential voting. The lecture is open to the public...
...meeting of the University Dining Council yesterday a proposal to permit smoking in Memorial Hall was considered. After discussion it was voted to test the sentiment of members by a ballot expressed as follows...
...purpose of electing class officers will be held in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 9 o'clock. The three officers to be elected are president, vice-president and secretary-treasurer. Nominations will be made from the floor and voting will be by secret ballot...