Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Under a system of proportionate representation, M. Lauri Relander, Governor of Viipuri (Viborg), Agrarian, defeated his nearest rival, M. Ryti, Governor of the State Bank, Progressive, on the third ballot by 172 to 109 votes...
...nomination of Loring Chase Merwin '28 of Bloomington, Illinois as one of the two candidates for the office of Secretary-Treasurer of the Freshman class. This takes the place of the nomination of William Nelson Bump '28 of New Rochelle, N. Y., who has withdrawn his name from the ballot on account of studies...
...election, the preferential system of balloting will be used as usual. Each voter will indicate his order of preference for all the candidates for each office. A first choice shall count one, a second, two, and so on. The candidate receiving the lowest numerical total shall be declared elected. Any ballot on which all the candidates for any office have not been voted upon shall be declared invalid for that office...
...ballot for the second election, the names of three marshals shall appear. Every elector shall vote for one man for first marshal...
...Trustees in June against his policies. When, on the morning after the trial, students and faculty assembled for chapel service, a spokesman addressed Dr. McKenzie, declared that he must reinstate the five, or all Fisk students would "strike". Dr. McKenzie refused to budge from his decision. A solemn ballot was taken ; a large percentage of the undergraduates voted to withdraw from the Uni- versity. Some hurried to pack their trunks; some loitered, talking excitedly, in the streets of Nashville; some composed a telegram to Lawyer Cravath...