Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...election was the first of its kind in Chinese history, and since no polls were open in Communist areas, the turnout was rather small. Finally, since more than 95% of the Chinese people can neither read nor write, many a voter had to accept help in marking his ballot from friendly fellows who hung around the polls. It was going to take a week or ten days to tabulate the results...
...Senator Saltonstall is prone to dismiss the idea of polling the entire Alumni body with reminders of impracticality and expense. As an impartial voice the Alumni Bulletin deserves the Senator's attention. The Bulletin backs the poll, pointing out that the estimated $5000 cost of printing and mailing a ballot with explanatory covering matter to 100,000-odd Alumni seems small in terms of the certain import of the results...
Recommendation for recognition of the Harvard Photographic Society, scheduling weekly discussion of Council problems over WHRV, sending the parking proposal to the Corporation's meeting next Monday, scholarships, student finances, ballot procedure, and a future Council activities report were also considered at the gathering...
...That the overwhelming support shown for N.S.A. in the ballot made it impossible for discrepancies between voting lists and actual votes cast to alter the outcome...
...That the total number of votes cast at Kirkland House during the first day of the two day ballot, as determined by a CRIMSON tally, exceeded the total number of those checked off on the House membership list as having voted during that...