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Harvard undergraduates with a desire to vote in this week’s Undergraduate Council presidential and vice-presidential elections are confronted with a ballot replete with candidates’ names but lacking an essential component of any democratic lot—a space for abstention. In an election where so much is shared by the three respective campaigns, voters who find all of the candidates for each position uninspiring are left out in the cold with respect to choice: Their only option is not to cast a ballot and to forfeit their right to have...
...renewable energy purchase even if people forget to tick a box on their term bill. Since students, and not parents, are the ones using energy in the dorms, making the fee “opt-out” will extend the power of students’ decision from the ballot to the term bill, while still allowing for the veto power of students and parents at the time of payment...
...least in substance. "The green will win a majority [in the legislature] because of the rise of Taiwan nationalism," predicts Luo Wen-chia, a Cabinet minister and longtime Chen aide. "It's a decision of values-Taiwan values." For the KMT, which leads the blue side, this week's ballot is a battle for survival. "If we don't keep the majority, there's nothing left," says Liao Feng-te, head of organization and development for the KMT. "We can go out on the street and throw rocks-that's about it." Given the growing sense of Taiwan identity...
...question, which will appear on the online ballot for council president, will ask students if they support a new clean energy fee on their termbill and if so, whether the $10 yearly charge should be opt-in, opt-out or mandatory...
Before submitting the referendum bill to the Student Affairs Committee (SAC) last Tuesday, proponents of renewable energy for the College spent so much time debating the best way to pursue their goal that they almost ran out of time to push a referendum onto the presidential ballot, which has historically drawn higher participation than other campus-wide votes...