Word: ballotings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...PEOPLE OF SOUTH BOSTON are going to have a problem when they go to the polls tomorrow. There on the ballot in front of them will be not one but two of this Irish neighborhood's favorite political figures, and for some strange reason, they seem to be running against each other One of them is running as. God forbid an Independent instead of as a good Democrat like he always used to What is going...
...TASK BEFORE THE MOAKLEY people is enormous: they've got to persuade people who for years have walked into a voting booth and automatically pulled the Democratic lever that (a) there are other candidates on the ballot and (b) voting for an Independent is not a mortal sin. To do this, Moakley volunteers have canvassed the district and plan to be at every poll passing out information tomorrow...
Besides choosing national and local candidates, voters increasingly must deliberate the pros and cons of complex referendums and state constitutional amendments. In Washington state, for instance, voters will face an alltime record of 24 measures. The trend seems to be toward the greening of the ballot. Voters in several states will be asked to accept or reject major environment measures...
...said much of the money is spent supporting volunteers who gather the signatures small parties need to be listed on the ballot...
...ballot in 19 states and received 60,000 votes...