Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...vote, as it turned out, was that of the Chinese. Abandoning hope of electing an Asian or African, they voted for Jakobson, whose country had recognized the Peking government as early as 1950. But after two ballots, it became apparent that their vote against Waldheim could frustrate all efforts to come up with a common choice. With fresh instructions from Peking, Ambassador Huang Hua abstained on the next ballot. This was enough to put the Austrian over the top with eleven yes votes and only one undisclosed no-which did not come from a veto-wielding power. Next...
...last week, the nation's "grand electors" had seemed intent upon proving themselves incapable of dealing with politics either simply or logically. As the curious and unseemly squabble over who should get Italy's highest political office dragged on inconclusively for a record 16 days and 23 ballots, one vote was cast for Alighiero Noschese, a television comedian who does a splendid impersonation of Richard Nixon. On another ballot, one elector absentmindedly dropped a love letter into the green wicker voting urn. Most of the time, there were so many astenuti, or abstainers, that the joke went round...
...only 393 of the Christian Democrats' 423 votes. These would need to be heavily supplemented by votes from other parties in order for him to win a majority of the 630 Deputies, 320 Senators and 58 regional representatives who constituted the electors. After the 19th futile ballot, Fanfani was unceremoniously dumped...
...labor and party leaders have indicated they lean heavily toward the favorite-son course. So have the party's county chairmen and the state's Democratic executive committee, who voted 98-14 for that strategy shortly before Thanksgiving. Gilligan has a cynical explanation for the ballot: "They want to be wined and dined all over Miami...
...rules of the game preclude primaries or campaigning by the candidates. The choice is made by secret ballot, which allows a maximum of wheeling, dealing, intrigue and fine Italian double-cross. The object is to see who can garner the most votes from the other parties, since no party in Italy's fractional politics enjoys anything remotely resembling a majority. The candidate must also avoid defections from within his own party. Such defectors are known as tiratori franchi, or snipers. The game is so complex that Saragat was elected in 1964 only after 21 ballots, taken over the course...