Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...American activism of three years ago is out of place. In October 1993, when Yeltsin's opponents challenged his presidency by force, it was an act of principle as well as prudence for the U.S. to stand beside him. In '96, when they are challenging him at the ballot box, it is neither principled nor prudent to enter the fray...
Charges of falsified counts, intimidation at the polls and missing ballot boxes have delayed final results of the Palestinian elections, which were intended to set a standard for democracy in the Arab world. P.L.O. chairman Yasser Arafat, in the race for President of the Palestinian Council, crushed challenger Samiha Khalil with 88% of the valid vote. Preliminary results showed his Fatah organization won about 50 of the 88 parliamentary seats...
...GOVERNORS' CHOICE. If it's obvious Dole cannot beat Clinton, Republicans will yearn to nominate someone else. The rules are flexible: theoretically a majority of the delegates could vote for anyone they wanted on the first ballot. But the G.O.P.'s leading lights, the Governors, must take control. They could ask their delegations to vote for them as favorite sons and take those blocs into the back room to decide. In that scenario, the most likely victor is Michigan Governor John Engler, a darling of the devolutionists...
Outgoing mayor Kenneth E. Reeves '72 has placed himself in the center of the conflict. He has become the pivotal vote on the City Council by continually casting his ballot in favor of himself while the four CCA council members back Francis H. Duehay '55 and the four Independents vote for Sheila T. Russell. Though the spotlight appropriately shines in his direction, aspersion should not be cast the way of former mayor Reeves. By voting for himself, he votes for the interests of the city he has served well over the past four years with his sincere dedication to education...
...recent votes, other candidates have been named on the ballot, but no one has been able to muster the five votes necessary...