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...urge undergraduates to rank Elizabeth A. Haynes '98 number one and Eric M. Nelson '98 number two for Undergraduate Council president, and Mark A. Price '98 number one for vice president, in the ordered ballot they will access by logging into fas and typing "ucvote." While in most elections it would be inappropriate to rank preferences, the novel system that will be used in this week's Undergraduate Council presidential election, held on-line today, tomorrow and Wednesday, leads us to make a two-tiered endorsement. While both Haynes and Nelson have impressive records--each has shown an ability...
...matter how anyone voted, I'm proud of all who took the time out on such a horrible weather day to voice their opinion via the ballot box monitored by the National Labor Relations Board. Personally, I am very proud of all of them. Thanks again! --Andrew James Kluttz, Harvard University Police Department security employee
...most closely watched electoral contests last week was not between partisan rivals but over the future of affirmative action programs in California. Proposition 209 on the California state ballot gave voters the opportunity to ban preferences based on race and gender in public education and in state business dealings such as hiring and business contracts. It passed by a healthy majority--54 percent of the California electorate supported...
...unpopular ballot proposition can be helped by a popular candidate, but an unpopular candidate cannot ride a popular proposition. Last week, on his swing through California, Dole embraced as his own the popular Proposition 209, which would roll back affirmative action. The result was to depress 209 briefly and leave Dole lagging in the polls...
...proposition, which bans racial and sex preferences in public hiring, contracting and education, was widely considered one of the most divisive ballot battles across the country...