Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Junior class elections held yesterday Charles Allerton Coolidge, Jr., of Boston, was elected president with a total of 516 points against 628 cast for H. B. Cabot, Jr., the lowest number electing by the Australian preferential ballot system. The vote for vice-president resulted in the election of John Irton Wylde, of Boston, defeating G. C. Caner, 361 to 383. Robert Baldwin, of West Newton, was elected secretary-treasurer by 453 against 479 points cast for Francis Higginson Cabot...
...perennial issue of equal suffrage is now being discussed with unequaled vigor. The ballot has been gradually extended to a majority of western states and to one state east of the Mississippi. The President of the republic and a former President has declared in favor of its extension to all women; and the question is to be settled, temporarily if in the negative, permanently if in the affirmative, in several more states, including Massachusetts, on November 2. There are many persons, whether in favor of or opposed to the movement, who believe that equal suffrage is inevitably coming; and certainly...
...electing 11 aldermen and 22 councilmen, and substitute in its place a single body composed of one alderman from each of the 11 wards and 4 elected at large. If Plan B is not adopted at the state elections this fall, Plan A will be put on the state ballot next year at this time...
...Commencement Day the following five Overseers were elected for a term of six years: Robert Grant '73, of Boston, M. DeW. Hyde '79, of Brunswick, Me., R. F. Herrick '90, of Milton, W. S. Thayer '85, of Baltimore, Md., D. F. Davis '00, of St. Louis, Mo. The total ballot by post card was 4755 and the total Commencement vote was 1460, as against 4905 and 1323 last year. Following is the vote in detail: Postal Vote Com. Vote Robert Grant '73, of Boston, 2746 1097 W. DeW. Hyde '79, of Brunswick, Me., 2063 806 R. F. Herrick...
...voting described below shall be used in all class elections. Each elector shall indicate his order of preference for all the candidates for each office. A first choice shall count one, a second two, and so on. The candidate receiving the lowest numerical total shall be declared elected. Any ballot on which all the candidates for any office have not been voted upon shall be declared invalid for that office...