Word: ballot
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...managed to get the "loyalty pledge" watered down so that it did not call for support of the nominees, but simply pledged the delegates to try to get the nominees on their state's ballot. This pledge Shivers accepted "without reservation." He got his Democratic delegation seated. He won his primary, 672,000 to 395,000, a big enough margin to indicate that he had been unnecessarily worried. With another term secure, he again became aggressive. He flew to Springfield, Ill. and demanded that Adlai Stevenson take a clear position on tidelands...
...However, if a student in one particular town is supported by a father and/or mother residing in any other city or town of the Commonwealth or any other state, the student is considered a resident of the town where his father and/or mother reside--and he must vote absentee ballot to that state. Students living in dormitories, fraternities, sororities or rooming houses may or may not be considered as residents depending on whether or not they are self-supporting rather than on where they reside. Students supported solely by the G.I. Bill or scholarships are considered to be self-supporting...
...State taxes paid elsewhere. Students paying taxes in another state are considered residents of that state and must vote absentee ballot to that state...
...plants at Santa Monica and El Segundo, demanding a blanket 9?-an-hour increase. Douglas offered 5?, and 13,000 El Segundo workers walked out. But at the main Santa Monica plant, Douglas' more experienced workers refused to let Local Union President Stan Decker stampede them, met to ballot on a strike. During the day, they had heard the plant loudspeaker repeat a telegram from Defense Secretary Robert...
...consequences for our national defense"). When Union Boss Decker tried to hurry the vote, one member cried: "This ain't the night shift, Stan, they're the working boys." Cried another: "What about what Lovett said?" And another: "What about the boys in Korea?" In a secret ballot, the workers accepted Douglas' 5? offer, repudiated their union leaders...