Word: balloting
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Meanwhile other political activists took advantage of Harvard Square's usual Sunday crowds to hawk their positions on the various referenda on the Cambridge ballot...
...BALLOT Question 3, which calls for new restrictions against "cruel and inhumane treatment" of farm animals, appears harmless and charitable; merely a small thing to help ease the pain of our fellow creatures. But this innocence is entirely illusory. In reality, Question 3 is a measure that is unnecessary and undesirable...
Question 5 on the ballot in Cambridge and Somerville enables us to voice our opposition to Israeli violence against the Palestinians in a way that commands the attention of our political leaders--with our votes. As most of our community knows by now, Question 5 calls for an end to U.S. funding of the occupation and for an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza living at peace with Israel. To argue that this issue should not be on the ballot is to deny us an effective way of making our opinion known and to advocate a silence...
...Apparently, the ballot box was left unattended for a period of time. People probably just dropped their ballots in, not realizing that they were supposed to have their names checked off," Melendez said. He said that he would supervise the voting next week on Monday or Tuesday...
...Levy, president of SAFF and a 3d-year law student, said the council's voting process "is not much respected at the Law School. There is a fundamental mistrust involved." He said, however, that he believed Melendez would be "dependable and fair-minded" in his running of the ballot boxes...