Word: balloters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Anene said that the solution to the problem is not as simple as putting a referendum on the presidential ballot to reduce greenhouse gas emissions...
...week ago, Romney went so far as to devote his final month in office to the task of eliminating gay marriage in Massachusetts. He announced to little fanfare that he would do everything in his power to force a referendum question regarding gay marriage onto the next statewide ballot. This final goal of Romney’s is highly symbolic of his inconsequential four years in office. In fact, it may be his most shameless exploitation of a wedge issue to pander to his party base since he brazenly pushed for a “foolproof” death penalty...
...convention found that Rae led all four when respondents were asked which candidate they thought would do better against Harper in an election. Other polls, however, have shown that many Rae and Ignatieff supporters would be unwilling to vote for their main rival in subsequent ballots. The candidate who is third before the final ballot nears - likely either Dion or Kennedy - could conceivably benefit from the rivalry between the two leading camps and shoot up through the middle...
...president and vice president, the most in recent memory. Although one ticket has dropped out of the race, the high number of tickets only hurts the quality of debate and confuses voters. The UC Election Commission (EC) needs to make it more difficult to get on the ballot...
...this in a number of simple ways. First, the EC should dramatically increase the number of signatures required to get on the ballot. Second, the EC should allow students only to sign for one ticket; currently the names and signatures are only vetted to make sure the signatories are in fact current undergraduates. Candidates who are fully invested in running should still have no trouble getting on the ballot...