Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most encouraging tokens in the political situation is the announcement that the 1926 primary vote has broken all previous records in the history of the United States. Not only have senatorial figures been surpassed, but in over twelve states the primary election has been larger than the presidential ballot in 1924. Certainly the nation has awakened, at least temporarily, from its lethargy...
...combat the apathy, so long prevalent among voters betweeen the age of 21 and 25 that The Republican Associates has been formed. Older men, brought up in the traditions of the torchlight parade when voting was almost a religious duty, still respond to the call and by casting their ballot give a democratic form of government the life blood, which it needs Government, it is said, rests on the consent of the governed. This imposes on all of us--"the governed"--an obligation which under a monarchy we would not have. Unfortunately statistics show that in some cases only about...
...President Coolidge, is believed to have told him about the grimy political situation in Illinois. Mr. Rosenwald says that he, himself, is "a dub in politics" but that he is firmly convinced of the worthiness of Mr. Magill. Mr. Magill's name will be put on the November ballot as the result of a petition filed last week and signed by 10,000 citizens...
...third centuries of experiment the states have decided that only governors and senators qualify for such a title. The other representatives, judges, comptrollers, etc., important though they may be in the discharge of Democracy's functions, are merely part of the ticket and make the ballot look like part of the telephone directory. The Standard Bearers have no flags to wave, but their party gives them a "plat- form" ingeniously constructed of sagging, soft "planks." For at least a month the Standard Bearers are supposed to do a graceful jig on these planks. Then comes election...
...James, he keeps the beer route flowing and the political machinery of Cicero running. At the last election 20 workers of the anti-Caponi party were kidnaped, slugged, hidden away. Many voters were beaten up as they entered or left polling places. Street fights were staged. Half a dozen ballot boxes were stolen. Clerks and judges of election were intimidated with revolvers. Two men were killed, and finally, at 6:00 p. m., when all was beginning to be calm again, ten car loads of detectives from Chicago descended upon the town, dashed down a street crowded with factory workers...