Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...false prosperity that inevitably ended in bankruptcy, but the masses gave him their devotion and have accepted no leader since. After his downfall, Per&243;n's name was forbidden on the ballot. Four years ago, to get elected, Frondizi in his usual adroit way courted the support of the outlawed Per&243;nistas. In power, he tried to assimilate the Per&243;nistas into the normal political life of the nation in a way that made Argentina's military leaders nervous. This year Frondizi managed to convince the military that the Per&243;nistas would...
Qualifying himself as a New Deal Democrat, Hughes said bypass the Democratic Primary and run as an independent because the party had "not remained true" to its tradition. He now must obtain 72,500 valid signatures his name on the ballot in November...
...books in Paris, but were never applied in Algeria. A few tame Moslems, known as beni-oui-ouis (yes-men), were allowed to participate in the government, but elections were so frankly rigged that even in France itself, "les elections algeriennes" was a phrase to describe stuffing the ballot box. An old Berber once complained to Ethnologist Germaine Tillion: "You've led us to the middle of the ford, and there you've left...
...Union, Smith stated that, while the Negro seeks human dignity and equal job and educational opportunities, the key to the solution of his problem is the right to vote. He asserted that "we can no longer look the other way while American citizens are denied the right to the ballot on account of color...
...supporter of the Mansfield-Dirkson Bill, which would require the acceptance of six years of education as evidence of literacy for voter registration. Smith stated that the bill "goes a long way toward putting the ballot in the hands of the Negro...