Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...annual May meeting of the Foxcroft Dining Association held last evening, an amendment to the constitution was passed to the effect that the election of the president, secretary and treasurer, by Australian ballot, shall take place on the Monday following the annual May meeting; that the other eight members of the board of directors shall be elected, by plurality, on the day following the election of the aforesaid officers...
...cannot be pessimistic, we who in our own time have seen so many good things accomplished,- have seen slavery disappear and polygamy and international literary piracy; we who have seen the beginning of the protection of our forests; our ballot laws so vastly improved and the spoils system stricken a tall blow. But we shall meet with disaster after disaster in America-and perhaps one disaster more than even our constitution can stand, if we do not exert ourselves constantly in the elevation of public affairs...
...voting shall be secret, check lists being used. No ballots shall be allowed except those furnished by the committee. The class shall vote in sections, two tellers receiving and counting the votes from each section. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes cast on a ballot he shall be declared elected...
...After the first ballot all but the four candidates receiving the largest number of votes shall be dropped, and the candidate receiving the smallest number of votes at each successive ballot shall be dropped after that ballot. If there are but three candidates, no one of them shall be dropped until after the second ballot...
...third ballot for President of the Dining Association was held at dinner last night and resulted in the election of I. Bowditch '97. 710 votes were cast and 356 were necessary for choice. I. Bowditch received 380, A. K. Moe L. S., 327, and scattering...