Word: ballotings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fire was soon out of control. An angry call for an immediate strike vote was ruled unconstitutional, and balloting on the question was put off until St. Patrick's Day. Then, as thousands of their fellow New Yorkers watched the marchers on Fifth Avenue, the letter carriers marched to the ballot boxes and voted 1,555 to 1,055 in favor of a strike. Other locals quickly followed suit. Members of the Manhattan-Bronx Postal Union chased their president, Morris Biller, off the platform when he refused to allow them to take an immediate strike vote...
...nomination to serve out his father's unexpired sixth term by only 8,200 votes. This year he faced determined Democratic opposition in the primary. His decision to defect removed him from a contest that he was likely to lose and assured him a place on the ballot for the general election in November...
Saddest of all, playing at revolution is not really necessary. Many effective resources for reform are available-the courts, public opinion, peaceful demonstrations, the ballot. These vehicles are far less spectacular than TNT, but more effective in the long run. By changing the nation's mind rather than blowing it, those who seek to remake the world would at least have some chance of success...
...strike will tentatively focus on "reach-out" activities in the Cambridge community. This effort will involve collecting signatures to put an anti-war referendum on the ballot in Massachusetts next November...
However, General Motors announced last week that it would not put the Nader proposals on the ballot for its stockholders' meeting...