Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pierre's selection is the result of a secret ballot vote of members of the varsity...
Fourth, they should question whether last spring's election measured up to standards set by Coop by laws. Delegation of ballot processing does not appear to be authorized under the by laws. More importantly, last spring's ballot processors said they did not verify ballots from Episcopal Theological Seminary students or check to see that voters who paid membership fees after October 10 were disqualified...
Even as the nomination was won, Gary Hart remarked that the campaign had "lost its direction, if not its soul." Throughout the meticulously planned primaries, McGovern had seemingly remained his own man, stubbornly glued on his own course and vindicated by the thumping first-ballot victory in Miami Beach. Yet trouble had begun as early as the Nebraska primary, Issues Director Ted Van Dyk says now, when McGovern's Democratic opponents "went after him on the triple-A issues" ?abortion, amnesty and acid. McGovern was soon trying to disengage himself. Even his defense programs were "clarified." Then...
When the smoke from the fighting at the ballot boxes had cleared, a quietly jubilant Pell stopped in front of a throng of a thousand supporters and well-wishers to announce he had just received the concession of John Chafee. Pell had won by over 32,000 votes, more than enough to offset any absentee ballot surge from Chafee...
Boggs' disappearance created a strange and unprecedented dilemma for the House. Unopposed on the ballot, he will be re-elected this week as Congressman from Louisiana's Second District. Therefore he will remain the Democratic leader for the moment - unless the Republicans win a majority in the House this week, a situation that would probably demote House Speaker Carl Albert to fill Boggs' chair. After it convenes in January, Congress will have to decide whether to declare the seat vacant. After that, Louisiana Governor Edwin Edwards will have to call a special election. But for the present...