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...become a reliable pattern in American politics that when the plumbing breaks down, the superintendents appear promptly to fix it. Progressives in the teens and '20s tried to clean up the electoral process with the secret ballot and the direct election of Senators. In the 1960s smoke-filled rooms gave way to primary beauty pageants, and after Watergate, big-money contributors had to form PACs instead of flushing money directly to their candidates. The avowed goal is always the same: to ensure communion between the voters and their leaders...
...they say, 'I am committed to voting for Dole on the first ballot,' and do that, the fact that in the past they may have expressed a preference for another candidate in the past does not make them in violation of the law," Berry told...
What? An online campaign to elect the Unabomber to the presidency? The Unabomber Political Action Committee runs a Website that gets 500 visits a day and urges people to write in the name of suspect Theodore Kaczynski on the November ballot. "The Unabomber is the only candidate really addressing the issues, which are the destruction of wild nature and the increasing poverty and destruction of our daily lives because of the onslaught of technology," explains UNAPACK's chief organizer, Chris Korda. "This is no joke...
...field, with dozens of attorneys on retainer around the country. Perot keeps in the limelight: since the end of September he has done 84 radio interviews, 36 personal appearances in 18 states and 196 satellite linkups. All this promotes petition drives that have put his party on the ballot in eight states so far, with 23 more under way. The goal is all 50. Perot predicts his crusade could turn into an avalanche this time around. "Not only will we have a presidential candidate, we will also endorse candidates in every House and Senate race who are committed...
Candidates will be able to pull their names from the ballot before a withdrawal deadline to be determined by the Harvard Computer Society (HCS) early next week, Martland said. HCS has written the program which will electronically tally the student vote...