Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...policies. Fifteen years later, it's a new twist on an old theme: Harvard's reprehensible real estate dealings with the community. Now the city is planning a whole host of schemes to retaliate against Harvard, not the least of which is a citywide referendum on next November's ballot asking people to comment on Harvard's real estate dealings. Either the University should immediately halt these sales or the city council should seize the opportunity to reform the rent control laws and twist Harvard into submission...
...runner-up in the election was the only other woman on the ballot, said Robert D. Fram, the outgoing president...
...legal dispute arises from a bill adopted last December by El Salvador's 60-seat Constituent Assembly, which is controlled by the right-wing opposition to Duarte's Christian Democratic Party. The bill would permit opposition parties to appear separately on the ballot for legislative and municipal elections, originally scheduled for March 17, but for their votes to be tallied as a coalition. The effect would be to increase the overall amount of government campaign funds that the rightists could receive, as well as to give them greater vote-getting power. According to a local political analyst, "It could mean...
...before it does anything this semester, the council will elect its officers by secret ballot this Sunday. No one has yet declared a challenge to fall term chairman Brian R. Melendez '86, though no previous race for the top spot has gone uncontested. The vice-chairman's slot, treasurer's ledgers, and secretary's notepad are also up for grabs...
...French President's surprise visit was viewed as an attempt to bolster his popularity at home before local elections in March and next year's parliamentary ballot. "Mitterrand is trying to disengage himself from overseas torments," said one government official...