Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cambridge City Councilor Saundra Graham has placed on the November ballot a proposal that would allow residents of Middlesex County to express their opinion on rent control...
According to the Chilean election law, when nobody gets a majority, the two highest candidates go to the Congress. The Congress then votes in a secret ballot and elects the president. That election is October 24. In Chilean history, there is nothing to prevent it, and it would not be at all illogical for the Congress to say, "Sixty-four per cent of the people did not want a Communist government. A Communist government tends to be irreversible. Therefore we are going to vote for the number two man." This is perfectly within their constitutional prerogatives. However, the constitutional habit...
...acutely aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots. So I ask you to confirm me as your President with your prayers. And I hope that such prayers will also be the first of many. If you have not chosen me by secret ballot, neither have I gained office by any secret promises. I have not campaigned either for the presidency or the vice presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man, and only to one woman?my dear wife?as I begin this very difficult...
...nobody-and that's the way it should be. No one should want a society in which all positions of influence and power are filled through the political process alone.* A diverse society needs all kinds of people-businessmen, professionals, artists-who are not chosen by the ballot. But while not formally elected, they all have their constituencies upon whose approval they ultimately depend. If the approval is withheld, they can hardly continue to function-and this is true of the press...
...expression of a wounded whale, "bad things happened to Martha." She was playful with Woodward. "Come on," she teased, "you voted for Richard Nixon in '68, didn't you?" A ruffled Bob admitted it. Bernstein huffily remarked that there was such a thing as the secret ballot. Later, Martha jumped into Carl's lap, just to show that there were no hard feelings...