Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...other years the president then in office shall call a meeting in the first week of November for the purpose of electing a nominating committee of ten. At this meeting there shall be three ballots: on the first the twenty-five men receiving the highest number of votes shall be retained and voted upon in a second ballot. On the second ballot the fifteen highest shall be retained and voted upon for the third ballot to determine the final...
...committee so elected shall nominate within one week at least two candidates for each office, announcing their nominations publicly. One week later the class shall vote by Australian ballot in an all-day election...
...possible for him to control the nominations, the value of the remedial measure would be least when on account of an undesirable president it was most needed. Additional nominations should be permitted if signed by a sufficient number of men from the class. Elections should be by Australian ballot or by a system equally impassive. They should not follow too closely a football game or any event which tends to bring too prominently to notice men who are in other ways not the best candidates. What may appear disadvantageous in the slight complexity of these rules would be offset...
...other years the president then in office shall call a meeting in the first week of November for the purpose of electing a nominating committee of ten. At this meeting there shall be three ballots: on the first the twenty-five men receiving the highest number of votes shall be retained and voted upon in a second ballot. On the second ballot the fifteen highest shall be retained and voted upon for the third ballot to determine the final...
...committee so elected shall nominate within one week at least two candidates for each office, announcing their nominations publicly. One week later the class shall vote by Australian ballot in an all-day election...