Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...given a minus vote to be used against a candidate. At the election, the total of a candidate's minus votes will be deducted from that of his plus votes. In this way, if a voter cannot favor any candidate, he can at least cast a ballot against the one he likes least. Too bad this solution comes too late for the November election...
...moderate Republican David Stanley, 40, an able state legislator. At one point, Hughes looked like a sure bet. But he now figures he will need 150,000 to 200,000 votes from Republicans to save himself. Conceded Hughes last week: "It's going to require a lot of ballot crossing...
...first step toward a return to representational government. Many more Greeks, however, voted NAÍ mainly because they felt that it would be highly imprudent not to do so. In the countryside, where the junta's rule is especially entrenched, voters were handed only the NAÍ ballot by the election officials, and few voters dared ask for the ÓX1 (no) ballots, which were kept out of their reach. At some polling stations, strangers who had the look of plainclothesmen lounged around the ballot boxes. Under the circumstances, it was perhaps surprising that even 8% of the voters...
...Politics. That struggle is bound to drag the court into more controversy. Right from the start of its new session, it will be deeply mired in politics. High on the docket is a plea from George Wallace, who is asking his favorite scapegoat to put his name on the ballot in Ohio-the only state where he has not made...
...late thirties, and since then Fortas has served as Johnson's legal advisor in a number of tight spots. Following the 1948 Texas Democratic Primary--which Johnson won by 87 votes when 200 dead Mexicans lined up in alphabetical order a week after the election to cast their ballots for him--Fortas did Johnson what might have been the biggest favor in the President's political life. Johnson's incredulous opponent had sought and obtained a court order to keep Johnson's name off the November ballot pending an investigation of the transparent fraud. Fortas, however, was able to convince...