Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democrats, who call the political center home, would be the object of intense wooing. Ashdown, 51, is ready. A comparative unknown on the national scene, he has been doggedly stumping the country pitching a message: Labour is a spent force, the Tories are uncaring, and "the realities of the ballot box" will make both parties "more realistic." As Ashdown defines it, realism is a fairer share of power for the movement that is heir to the great Liberal reformers of the 19th and early 20th centuries -- William Gladstone, Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George...
Under present electoral procedures -- two rounds of voting that in effect squeeze out minor parties -- last week's ballot pattern would produce a heavy conservative majority. That would force Mitterrand, whose seven-year term runs until 1995, to share power with a conservative Prime Minister...
...that the fledgling campaign had to obtain 1,100 extra phone lines from the Home Shopping Network. What Perot is asking for is not money but commitment. He has said he will run only if his supporters circulate petitions and navigate the election laws to get him on the ballot in all 50 states. With petition deadlines in states like Texas just six weeks away, the obstacles are formidable but far from impossible, especially with enough money...
...will democracy run its course? Simple. Your friendly neighborhood post office will provide "pre-adressed polling cards" featuring the dueling Elvises. Just select the desired image, apply a stamp and send your ballot on its way. Vote early and often--"polls" open on April 6 and don't close until April 24. Ain't that America. (Ain't that Chicago...
Will Elvis' grace land him a spot on the ballot in November? He is, by his own admission, the longest of long shots. But with antipolitician fever running rampant, anything can happen. Don't be cruel to the Democrats--their suspicious minds can't help falling in love with a viable contender. You read it here first...