Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...party's future in a down-to-earth style. Said one leading Republican: "The trouble with us is that we tried to be statesmen for the last two years and forgot about politics. In the next two years we're going to think more about the ballot...
Proof to Come. Harry Truman had still to prove himself to the nation's voters. He had run on a program, not a record. Some 680,000 who went to the polls had not cast a ballot for any presidential candidate. Truman had polled less than a majority, and his winning margin was the smallest since 1916. Many a voter had voted for him simply as a protest...
...that they are therefore disloyal citizens of every non-Communist country. No major U.S. political leader, from F.D.R. to any of his political opponents, ever suggested that the Communist Party be outlawed. It was a legal party then - and still is today (although some states bar it from the ballot...
...result of this politicking and inadequate ballot facilities, pressure was placed on Weeks to hold a re-vote He said that "there was not sufficient cause for a new election...
Opinions on the third issue expressed at the meeting were split. The majority of those who spoke voiced approval of sending books and paper supplies, rather than food, to some particular school or nstitution. Elizabeth Tucker, class representative, finally moved that the entire question be placed on the ballot...