Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Greek war of independence--was broken up by the military police and intelligence services. The members were tortured extensively and the group was severely crippled. In 1972, the dictatorship allowed elections for student council leaders for the first time since 1967. But as a result of ballot stuffing and repressive registration rules, even officials admitted that the "elected leaders" represented only 10 to 15 per cent of the students...
...question of how this internal dissatisfaction will manifest itself at the polls is difficult to answer. In Israeli elections the voter casts his ballot for a specific party rather than an individual. The parties are represented in the Parliament according to the national percentages they receive; the winning party designates a prime minister. The most likely possibility is that a very substantial shift to Likud will take place, perhaps not quite large enough to elect a prime minister, but certainly sufficient to create a veto power for Likud in the Parliament. A public opinion poll published last week in Haaretz...
Koocher was in sixth place after the counting of first-choice ballots last week. He slipped to seventh after the votes of all but the top nine candidates had been redistributed yesterday, the seventh day of ballot counting under the city's unique proportional representation voting system...
Cotner was placed on the ballot two weeks ago when Democrat Carney pulled out of the race because of what he called "personal problems." The Carney family, an important political entity, has been a long-time enemy of the Perks...
Cotner, a moderate liberal like Carney, stressed municipal unity during her two week campaign. Her platform held that struggling races and ethnic groups have polarized Cleveland. However, she was unable to gain much exposure in the few days since Carney forfeited his place on the ballot...