Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Carolina, whom only Mr. Heflin robs of the title "Buffoon of the Senate"-were determined to prevent Senator James A. Reed's committee from making any more campaign fund investigations. Mr. Reed of Pennsylvania, particularly, did not want his distant cousin, Mr. Reed of Missouri, to open the ballot boxes which elected slush-tainted William S. Vare. The Pennsylvanian insisted that the regular Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections, containing a majority of old-guard Republicans, was best fitted to count these ballots. The result was the Battle of the Cousins which displaced all other Senate business; which turned...
Then Pat Harrison, Mississippi funnyman, proceeded to pour salt on the wounds, said: "Let him [David A. Reed] go back and receive the cheers of the thugs and corruptionists of Pennsylvania and let them say to him that he is the Knight of the Closed and Corrupt Ballot Box. . . ." It was one minute before noon and the gavel of Vice President Dawes rapped sharply. "Oh, it's a shame to spoil a good speech like this," said Mr. Harrison. By the look in his beady-eyes, the Vice President had something curt to say. He said it: "The Chair...
Polls for the elections, to be held on February 26, will be open in Sever, Standish, Gore and and Smith Halls. The preferential ballot will be used...
...postponement of the nominations is caused by the necessity of checking up on the scholastic standing of the names at present on the list. Probation will disqualify any man from holding a position as officer of the class, and no name can appear on the 1930 ballot until the Student Council is assured that it is scholastically sanctioned. Inasmuch as there is no way of checking up on the standing of the nominations until the office has a complete record of midyear marks the list is withheld from publication...
Last fall in the 1928 elections three nominees were put on the ballot who could not be voted upon, because of probation. That this will not be repeated is the intention of the Student Council in holding up the nominations until the list of those in good standing is determined...