Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...term of President Francios Duvalier ended last week on May 15. But the dictator of the Negro republic in the Caribbean who calls himself "Papa Doc," has his own way of interpreting constitutions. In legislative elections two years ago, he had his name printed at the top of every ballot, then announced that everyone who voted had thereby unanimously elected him to a new six-year term. So now, as all could see, he still had four years to go. With bland audacity, Duvalier received foreign newsmen last week at a press conference in Port-au-Prince's National...
...militancy, Douglass was a practical man. When Garrison denounced the U.S. Constitution and urged the dissolution of the Union. Douglass broke with him, fearing that slaves would be helpless if left to the mercies of the South. He hoped to abolish slavery by the ballot and became a stalwart of the Republican Party, later helped to swing the Negro vote to a series of Republican Presidents. He was finally rewarded with the post of Minister to Haiti...
...exiled Dictator Juan Perón from taking over the country. When the Peronistas were allowed to run last time, they won 35% of the vote, thus triggering the coup by the Perón-hating military. Now the military cannot agree whether to let Peronistas on the ballot, and on what conditions. Some politicians and liberal military men insist that Peronistas must be allowed to participate-provided they renounce the exiled Perón and run under strict electoral rules that would prevent them from winning any real power. Others are just as determined to keep them...
...religion known as Bahai, the first day of this week was the 13th of Jalal, in the year 120. It was a red-letter day in the lives of Bahai's 2,000,000 followers. In Haifa, Israel, 504 leaders of the sect gathered to elect by secret ballot nine of their members who will form a Universal House of Justice. After the results are announced to the first world congress of Bahai in London next week, the House will have infallible powers to legislate for the faithful...
...constitutional amendments, the bills must be passed by two successive legislatures and approved in a general referendum before enactment is final. Two of the six proposed acts have already been considered and adopted by one legislature and if passed in this session will be placed on the ballot of the next state-wide election...