Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...names of J. D. Upton of Andover, R. Thomas, of Hopkinson's, and Cullinan were voted on. As no candidate received a majority, the class proceeded to a second vote by which Upton was elected. The secretary, treasurer, and manager of the baseball nine were voted for on one ballot. C. K. Cummings and Carl Schurz were nominated for secretary; W. C. Douglass and F. W. Hadowell, for treasurer, W. L. Thompson and A. P. Stone for manager of the baseball nine. Schurz, Douglass, and Stone were elected respectively, secretary, treasurer, and manager of the baseball nine. The following...
...voting shall be secret, cheek lists being used. The class shall vote in ten 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 formal ballot, he shall be declared elected...
...first ballot for each office shall be informal. After the first formal 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...
...first ballot for each office shall be informal. After the first formal 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...
...whether this form of government should remain. As the answer was doubtful before the election the republicans, to gain their ends, passed some laws which might be questioned. Boulanger had joined the royalists, and as it was the law that all the nominees should be voted for on one ballot this coalition was very strong. The royalists could help the ticket in their sessions and Boulanger in his. To destroy this coalition the Republicans passed two laws; first they divided the country into districts, such as we have in our states, and then they enacted that a candidate could...