Word: processing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...constitution and bylaws of the HRC establish an impartial commission to oversee the annual elections and detail the process by which any student can become a member in good standing, and consequently an eligible voter, in those elections. Our elections are more highly regulated, competitive and above-board than those of virtually any other campus organization. Some 29 individuals ran for only 6 spots. As dictated by election rules, candidates had to file for office 14 days in advance and only those undergraduates who had paid dues 7 days in advance of the election were eligible to vote. All voters...
...home the prize, not everyone is happy about the way he won it. Newspaper editorial boards, pundits and politicians alike are wringing their hands over the confusion this election has wrought - and some go so far as to call for an end to the electoral college system altogether. The process, some argue, is outdated and counterintuitive...
...what's keeping this process in place today? Some of its defenders consider the electoral college a safeguard against citified control over the election process. If we abandon the current system, the argument goes, and popular vote gains preeminence, the inhabitants of the nation's four or five most populated states might decide presidential elections on their own. And while residents of said states might not have a problem with such an outcome, folks out in North Dakota and Montana might see things a bit differently. Citizens of sparsely populated areas (and the congresspersons who represent them) have grown fond...
...being stampeded into compromises with lame ducks. Palestinian sources have indicated that the Washington talks have been convened under pressure from the Americans and Israelis, and have suggested that Arafat is wary of a repeat of the Camp David scenario where U.S. and Israeli domestic political considerations rushed the process beyond its objective limits at that point, setting up a showdown over Jerusalem that erupted on the streets once negotiations broke down...
...face (and will almost certainly defeat) a primary challenge from former prime minister Shimon Peres - must fancy his chances of reeling in Sharon's lead over the incumbent. After all, Sharon is Israel's most notorious hawk, and even though Israelis have little confidence in the peace process right now, it may be more difficult for Likud to rally a majority behind a man many Israelis fear will be more inclined to inflame Palestinian and Arab rage. But the only certainty in the outcome is that it will produce another unstable government. Bibi may just decide to bide his time...