Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Until March 11, the political words & deeds of 1952 were those of the politicians, the pundits and the pollsters. While nearly everyone agreed that Ike Eisenhower was a popular figure in the U.S., there was some doubt whether his popularity could be extended into the ballot box, and still more about whether it would be effective at the Republican National Convention...
...movement in Washington said no. That was Friend Harold Stassen's territory, they said, and should not be violated. But the Minnesotans entered a slate of delegates for Ike, anyway. Some legal technicalities weren't complied with, and the State Supreme Court threw the slate off the ballot. When that happened, 13,000 undistributed "I Like Ike" buttons were shipped on for use in South Dakota...
Annex seniors voted on a slate of ten girls for these five officers. The ten girls on the ballot were chosen in a primary election from a list of 29 names, listed for contributions they had made to the class or to the college...
...heels of the announcement that the Young Republican Club will hold its mock presidential nominating convention on April 23, came the prediction from the president of the Eisenhower Club that Ike will win top spot by "one magnificent landslide on the second ballot...
Maryalice McArdle'52, outgoing president of Student Government, declared that the original ballot in corrected form would remain as the official count. This ballot gives Miss Barrow a margin of 14 points...