Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of the midday voters at polling station 202 in the Warsaw industrial suburb of Ursus dutifully accepted the printed ballots listing the official slate of candidates and dropped them into the large white-and-red box without a moment's hesitation. But one elderly man insisted on his right to consider alternative choices, noting that "nobody buys a cat in a bag." As he stepped into the booth conspicuously provided for that purpose, amused polling officials heard him sarcastically exclaim as he marked his ballot, "What a surprise! They even provide pencils to cross out these names...
...Seven candidates tried to woo the party's 3,500 delegates with barbecued ribs and chicken, corned-beef sandwiches, chips and plenty of suds, rock bands and sightseeing boats. But in the end, after three days of speeches and revelry, the delegates Saturday evening elected on the second ballot the candidate who had been the front runner since the beginning: John Turner, 55, the silver-haired Toronto lawyer who resigned nearly nine years ago as Trudeau's Finance Minister...
Those who endorsed the government's first choice for candidacies had only to pick up their ballot and deposit it in a box, while those who selected the official second choice or decided to write in a name had to enter a curtained voting booth...
Shannon also showed strength among Bartley delegates at the convention. Though Shannon held, a 36-32 percent lead over Kerry on the first ballot, it took Bartley's withdrawal after the third ballot to put him over the top. Most of Bartley's support swung over to Shannon on the fourth ballot, finally giving him the nomination...
...informed delegate at the convention said that Kerry operatives made a conscious effort to lift connolly over the 15 percent cut-off on the second ballot Connolly had received a mere 8 percent on the first ballot and had to scramble for sympathy votes to keep him in the race...