Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That would be fair if students were sure that the chairman represented their thinking. But with the internal election procedures and secret ballot process, candidates for chairman rarely have to formulate a platform to appeal to the student body at large and council members never have to answer to their constituents about their choice...
Pinochet nevertheless emerged from last week's ballot in a relatively strong position. By winning 43% of the vote, he showed broader popular appeal than opposition polls had indicated -- a considerable achievement for a dictator after 15 years in power. Said Labor Minister Alfonso Marquez de la Plata: "The plebiscite was a personal triumph for the President and an electoral defeat for his collaborators. It's a clear demonstration that he enjoys a great deal of civilian support...
Perhaps. For now, the key issue remains the timing of presidential elections. A quick ballot could even help the government by allowing it to support a single candidate before the opposition can produce a strong field. A long delay, on the other hand, could unravel the opposition's recent unity. But such concerns seemed remote to exultant Chileans last week. In the fall of a ruthless patriarch, the country caught a happy glimpse of both its democratic past and its possible future...
Hillel launched its registration drive to oppose Question 5 on the Cambridge city ballot, which asks legislators from that district to support a resolution calling upon Congress to end U.S. military aid to Israel and support a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
...think it is unlikely that any of them would win on the first ballot," Mandery says. A candidate must attain a simple majority to win the office. If no one wins a majority on the first ballot, the top candidates whose votes taken together add up to a majority will participate...