Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Labor Party was largely credited to housewives who bought Heath's pledge "to cut prices at a stroke." This time, Labor's Harold Wilson is seeking to turn the tables on Heath. He urges voters "to cut Mr. Rising Prices [Heath] at a stroke"-meaning at the ballot box. "If prices go up any faster," he told an appreciative Labor audience last week, "housewives are going to decide it's cheaper to do their shopping in the morning rather than wait until the afternoon...
Furthermore, Fitzsimmons has been working against an unfriendly geographical distribution. "You guys are at a disadvantage--there aren't many Pizza Huts up there," the spokesman said. Because of the few extra ballots sent to New England, and computer monitoring of the vote, the possibility of a ballot-stuffing campaign for Fitzsimmons is unlikely, the spokesman added...
...Lynch, chairman of the Nelson selection committee, said Saturday that Stoeckel was the clear choice for the honor. "There was no question," Lynch said. "Jim Stoeckel was Number One on every ballot...
Sirica had the satisfaction of seeing his opinion essentially upheld by the Circuit Court of Appeals, which observed: "Though the President is elected by nationwide ballot and is often said to represent all the people, he does not embody the nation's sovereignty. He is not above the law's commands...
...students were on vacation when the junta carried through its referendum installing Papadopoulos as the president of the Greek "Republic" amidst cries and protests of fraud and deception at the ballot...