Word: ballot
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After disastrous regional elections--in which ballot boxes were stuffed and stolen, electoral offices burned down, an estimated 50 people killed and the tallies in two states nullified--it's with understandable trepidation that Nigeria heads into its presidential and parliamentary vote April 21. Three major contenders, above, are vying to become the nation's second democratically elected President: the ruling party's Umaru Yar'adua, opposition leader and current Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari. Political rallies have been banned to stanch the violence this time around, but if one candidate doesn't earn...
...time of year, officials took extra steps to get the word out. They mailed a notice, in Spanish and English, to every home. They sent a second notice to every registered voter. Yet when Election Day came, turnout was light, especially among noncitizens: not one of them cast a ballot...
...Howard Stern is trying to kill American Idol by supporting votefortheworst.com an anti-A.I. site that ballot-stuffs for increasingly improbable contender (and "ponyhawk" aficionado) Sanjaya Malakar. The NEW YORK POST calls for calm: "Even if he survives ... he's no music star. But his hair--his hair will last forever." SCORE...
...captain no more. Junior Brad Unger was named the 107th captain of Harvard Men’s Basketball yesterday at the team’s annual awards banquet. Unger, who will also take his spot as starting pitcher for the Crimson baseball squd this Spring, was chosen by ballot selection. Unger aslo receieved the Hamilton Fish ‘10 Award, given to the most-improved player on the team. He shared the award with sophomore Andrew Pusar. Unger will look to lead where senior Jim Goffredo left off. Goffredo, who led the team in scoring last season, will leave...
...representation and rights that older, less politicized generations never expected. Jacques Habib Sy, a Dakar-based political analyst, says, "The level of political consciousness among young people is growing. You have a new citizenry who know it's important to go to the poll and express themselves with their ballot cards...