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...particularly encourage upperclass students, who traditionally have the lowest turnout, to vote. They have lived under the council longer and can bring to their votes more experience in judging which programs are most likely to work. In the furor of the campaign itself, it is easy to forget that if this year is like last, the votes being fought for represent less than one-quarter of the student body. Spending the five minutes necessary to register their opinions will force students to make a personal investment in the outcome of the election. That is the first and most fundamental step...
...with an American electorate that has had enough of the game for now. For many years, the American electorate has asked the Federal Government to "get out of our way, please." And since the government didn't listen, we took matters into our own hands. Although the turnout was light, the politicians can read between the lines. You see, we've hired a lame-duck President and a Republican Congress, each of which is unwilling and unable to work with the other. The bottom line is a government that we "put out of the way, thank you!" At last...
...referendum questions will become part of the council's constitution if 50 percent of voters are in favor of the changes and the turnout is greater than 25 percent of the student body...
They also timed it with the election because of concern that the referendum would not achieve the required turnout otherwise, O'Mary said...
Harvard Islamic Society president Irfan Siddiqi '97 said that he was pleased with the turnout...