Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ballot counting, begun last night in Dean Small's apartment in Moors Hall, will not end until this morning to preserve the secrecy of the election results...
Miss Tucker exercised her privilege as chairman by personally selecting the ballot counters for this election...
...Obvious, . . ." On election day, polls open at 6 a.m. Polling places provide day nurseries where mothers can leave their babies while they vote. Some polling places feature string orchestras for the voters' entertainment. The ballot bears a single name, that of the official "bloc" candidate. To vote for him, the voter marks the ballot with an X. To vote against him, he scratches out the name. A voter may withdraw into a gaily festooned polling booth, but most put their X down out in the open. Obviously, privacy would serve only those who would want to vote against...
Twenty-eight girls are vying for the seven top positions of president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, sophomore representative, NSA delegate, and NSA alternate. The election will be conducted by preferential ballot...
Elections proceeded with a simple multiple choice ballot rather than a preferential ballot. Tabulation was conducted under the Council's new temporary election procedure which forbade the presence of either candidates or their representatives in the counting room in Phillips Brooks House...