Word: voters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...floor in mass meeting of the class. A preliminary vote is taken upon the nominees; the three winners are then submitted to an elimination count which decides the election. The advantage of the method is to reach all sections of the class. The situation in which many a voter finds all the nominees are strangers to him cannot arise...
...clear that the system is not applicable to Harvard. The mere mention of a class mass meeting is enough to damn it. Nevertheless there is a need for a method by which the name of the nominee will have some significance in the mind of the voter. A brief mention of the position and activities of the candidate, printed on the ballot, would serve in some measure to acquaint the voter with the aspirant for office...
...former is the logical-method of reaching every voter; but it has opposed to it the extra time required, a slight additional expense, and the important matter of intelligent voting, which is doubtless aided by the presence of candidates photographs at a more accessible place than in the Red Books in the rooms of 600 Seniors. In any case, this method deserves trial, though it is probably too late for the present committee to employ...
...Each voter will place the numbers "1", "2", and "3", beside the names of the men he wants for First, Second, and Third Marshals respectively. When the ballots are counted, the three nominees receiving the highest vote will be elected to the positions. The votes will be counted on a preferential basis, first position counting three points, second, two and third, one. In voting for the other officers, members of the Senior Class will simply place a single cross beside the name of the man they wish to elect. The nominees with the largest number of votes will receive...
...average voter of Boston doubtless feels somewhat non-plussed. His into directs him to choose among men who, with smooth-flowing words and in all seriousness, call each other liars, thieves, and murderers. The get out-the-vote campaigns of the newspapers this year are operating with somewhat barren material. It is fairly easy to call out the citizenry when it feels the presence of party needs, great issues, distinguished candidates. It becomes increasingly difficult as each of these matters is in turn obscured by the very men who are seeking office. Perhaps the best way for voters to show...