Word: ballotings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Every year, General Motors receives several proposals from stockholders concerning corporation policies. After determining what resolutions they wish to include on the annual proxy statement-which is much like the annual Coop ballot-the SEC checks the list to see if any legitimate business proposals have been excluded...
Each challenger was required to present a petition signed by 100 student members to have his name placed on the ballot. Barely 4000 students, less than one-eighth of those eligible, voted in the election-which was conducted over a six-week period. This number, however, is over twice as many ballots as necessary to validate the election...
...Kerry withdrew after the third ballot, when Drinan had captured under 60 per cent of the vote in a race that had thinned out to only two men. Kerry said he would abide by the caucus's decision. "Let's beat Philbin!" Kerry said as he received a standing ovation...
Harrison Chandler Stevens. who ran unsuccessfully against Philbin in 1968 as an Independent, dropped out after the second ballot. He did not endorse either Kerry or Drinan and told his supporters only to "settle firmly on one candidate, then go out and beat Philbin next fall...
Also on the ballot in each House will be the controversial "Supercouncil" proposal. If supported by a majority of students, this proposal would allow the students on all the above committees to meet together and consider themselves the official Harvard student government...