Word: balloting
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...should we be surprised that officials in our Student Government have proposed revisions to election codes, which would allow presidential and vice-presidential candidates to purchase a space on the ballot for $330? No, we shouldn...
...nerve of these senators to suggest these revisions, which also include increasing the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot from 150 to 800, is unsettling. So far, the main explanation rests on a claim that "frivolous parties" and candidates who are not serious about their elections need to be discouraged from running...
...opinion surveys, California voters favor, 2 to 1, an initiative on the June ballot that would dismantle bilingual classes and replace them with a year of intensive English before immigrants are absorbed into the mainstream. The measure, called English for Children, is sponsored by Ron Unz, a wealthy Silicon Valley entrepreneur and former G.O.P. candidate for Governor...
When the Broncos take the field against the Green Bay Packers, there will be more at stake than Denver's first Super Bowl win in five tries. The fate of a new stadium, whose financing depends on ballot approval of a sales-tax extension, could hang in the balance. In early 1997, polls showed community sentiment running strongly against a publicly financed new home for the BRONCOS. But now, in the euphoria of a 12-4 season record and three play-off wins, Denverites seem ready and willing to tax themselves for the even greater glory of their gridders...
When the Broncos take the field against the Green Bay Packers, there will be more at stake than Denver?s first Super Bowl win in five tries: The fate of a new stadium, whose financing depends on ballot approval of a sales-tax extension, could hang in the balance. In early 1997, polls showed community sentiment running strongly against a publicly financed new home for the Broncos. But now, in the euphoria of a 12-4 season record and three play-off wins, Denverites seem ready and willing to tax themselves for the even greater glory of their gridders...