Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...voting shall be secret, check lists being used. The class shall vote in eight equal sections at eight separate polls. 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 officer shall be informal; after each successive ballot the candidate having the least number of votes, and all candidates having less than ten votes, shall be dropped, until the candidates are reduced to three...
...board meets at regular intervals, audits the accounts of the treasurer and the superintendent, and provides measures for the development and maintenance of the society. An annual meeting of all the members is held on the third Tuesday of February, and the president, secretary and treasurer are then ballotted for, and all vacancies in the board of directors are filled by ballot. The superintendent is appointed by the directors for a fixed term and at a fixed salary, which for the coming year will be upwards of a thousand dollars. The total expenses of the society for the year...
...first ballot for each officer shall be informal; after each successive ballot the candidate having the least number of votes, and all candidates having less than ten votes shall be dropped, until the candidates are reduced to three...
When there are three candidates two ballots shall be taken besides the informal ballot; the candidate polling the smallest number of votes on the second shall be dropped...