Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Manhattan). Many U.S. political clubs have come to dominate their party locally; Tammany is one of the very few that has actually become legally merged with the party machinery. Its members are proud of the name Tammany Hall, but the official name of the organization, placed on the primary ballot as such, is The New York County Democratic Committee. The other four counties in New York City-The Bronx, Queens, Kings (Brooklyn) and Richmond (Staten Island)-all have their own Democratic committees, which are sometimes allied with Tammany, sometimes dominated by it and sometimes at war with...
...voters, half of whom cannot speak or write the language of the country with any fluency, entered the polling booth, carefully selected a slip bearing that let ter of the Hebrew alphabet symbolizing their chosen party, inserted it into a thin brown envelope and, emerging, dropped it into the ballot box in the presence of election inspectors...
...This will be followed by all-German elections, with special provisions to keep "antidemocratic elements" off the ballot, and outlawing of "Fascist, militaristic and other organizations which are hostile to democracy." In the Soviet definition, almost anyone, including Catholics, Lutherans, Conservatives and Socialists can be "hostile to democracy...
...Denver (pop. 480,000 humans) people are divided: some like Denver's dogs (pop. 36,000) on the loose and some like them on leashes. Until recently, the city council avoided a leash law. This year, with 654 dogbites reported by May, the issue went on the ballot. No other civic problem worked up so much sentiment and spleen. "Dogs that are tied up and fenced continuously will become excited and grieved," warned grieved, excited Attorney Philip Rossman, the Denver dog's best friend. "On behalf of Rusty, my old Irish setter," the Denver Post's veteran...
Voter's Choice. In Wibaux, Mont., denied the chance to vote because his name was not on the voters' list, W. L. Hammond testily halted the election by marching off with the ballot...