Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...front of the cameras. For these reasons he faces a spirited challenge from J. Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, a bright and more telegenic moderate who feels that a majority leader should use his office as a "bully pulpit" for projecting Democratic values to the American people. A secret ballot will be held by the Democratic caucus next week, and although Democratic Senators say Byrd now seems ahead, Johnston pledges to continue his contest...
...that were decided on local issues. In almost every tightly contested state the local hero won. The outcome Tuesday certainly demonstrated that the voters' newfound attachment to the Grand Old Party may run only as deep as their attachment to Reagan's popularity--and without his name on the ballot, they are far from willing to endorse the kind of policies he has promulgated...
Delores Carey, 53, toted a "Kennedy for Congress" placard outside the Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School to make sure ballot-casters "won't forget to vote...
...TODAY'S BALLOT offers some fine candidates for state office and some not-so-fine ones too. What may be more important are the eight referendum questions which range from taxes to toxic waste to abortion...
...other parts of the country, unwarranted fears of catching AIDS through casual contact manifested themselves in the workplace and on the ballot. After pinning an antihomosexual slogan to the wall of their garage, 29 New England Telephone Co. technicians staged a one-day walkout in Needham, Mass., to protest the return to work of a colleague who has the disease. The AIDS victim had stayed away from his job for a year, awaiting settlement of his $1.5 million lawsuit against the utility. He had charged the company with revealing his condition to his co-workers, who had then begun...