Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Representative Rankin renounced his aspirations for the Speakership. Later in the day Representative Rayburn did the same: "There are no alibis. Under the circumstances, I cannot be elected." And next morning Representative Bankhead dropped out of the contest. Assured of election to the highest House post on the first ballot next month, Democrat Byrns began to expand, to think of himself as already belonging to the immortal company of great Speakers. To an old acquaintance who called him "Mr. Byrns," he said, "Call me Joe? or Uncle Joe. I don't like that 'Mister'." Washington chuckled, seeing only the remotest...
...ballots which were cast yesterday in the Senior Class Elections and were not signed will automatically be thrown out when the votes are counted. Due to the fact that there was not any definite place on the ballots for a signature, there were 22 left unsigned. In order that those who did not put their signatures on their ballots may vote again today, there will be a ballot box in Sever Hall from 10 to 12 o'clock...
...elected members of the class committee shall be chosen by ballot by the class during the senior year at an election conducted under the auspices of the Student Council. Any member of the class (expect an ex-officio member of the Class Committee) shall be eligible for election to the class committee. Of the six members to be elected, the three having the largest number of votes shall serve until after the sexennial reunion and the three remaining shall serve until after the triennial reunion...
Braman Gibbs '36 and Robert S. Playfair '36, who have charge of the elections are inaugurating a new policy this year by appointing a committee of 20 Juniors and 10 Sophomores to assist them. The names of the group will be announced tomorrow. Ballot boxes will be placed in all the Houses and in Harvard, Seaver, and Pierce Halls. Arrangements have also been made to collect ballots from Phillips Brooks House for the convenience of commuters. Voting hours around the Yard will be from 10 to 12 o'clock while voting in the Houses will take place at meal-time...
Last, week officials finished counting New Mexico ballots. Very gingerly they fingered the last few. The election for Senator was nearly a dead heat. All the early returns had shown Democratic Representative Dennis Chavez far in the lead.* Later votes began to pile up for Senator Bronson Cutting, insurgent Republican seeking reelection. With the last ballot officially counted, the vote stood: Cutting, 76,245; Chavez...