Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Although the primary purpose in holding the straw ballot at this time is to obtain a knowledge of the individual preferences at the three colleges from among the presidential nominees, the returns from the voting will also be used to form the basis for the organization of Republican and Democratic Clubs which will be formed at the three universities next fall. Skeleton organizations for these clubs will probably be drawn up before the end of this year...
...Section 11. If at any election a sufficient number of votes are not cast-at the first ballot, further balloting shall be held at intervals of not more than ten days, suffrage being restricted to those members who have not already voted, until a sufficient number of votes have been cast...
...qualifications as an "out of Boston" candidate there is added a greater force of indorsement than any implied merely by his New York residence. Through his presidency of the Harvard Alumni Association he has for his constituents the whole body of the alumni who by ballot selected him to be the head of their organization. The good grace, the especial fitness, of including such an officer among the fellows of Harvard just at this time when the generous response of alumni the world over has carried the Harvard campaign for endowment to all but its final triumphant conclusion...
Section 11. If at any election a sufficient number of votes are not cast at the first ballot, further balloting shall be held at intervals of not more than ten days, suffrage being restricted to these members who have not already voted, until a sufficient number of votes have been cast...
Formal organization of the James A. Shannon Post of the American Legion was completed last night at the Union, when two hundred members of the new Post voted on a full ballot of officers, and passed upon a set of by-laws to govern the procedure of the University Post...