Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This election was the first in which the boycotts were on the ballot for student approval. A measure passed by the council October 19 mandated that the boycotts be placed on the ballot each election for continued approval...
...takes up time and money, but because it does not allow for technical debate or amendment. Open votes are justified mainly if constituents feel their government is not willing to act according to their wishes--such as the Nuclear Free Cambridge and Rent Control questions on the municipal ballot this fall. Hardly the case with the vote. If the council seriously wanted to gauge the will of the populace, they should have held a campus-wide balloting before the "Dead" plans firmed up, asking what group students would prefer. But the question as it stands, "Resolved, that the Council shall...
...takes the blame off us if we have student approval," argued Stuart A. Raphael '86 in the floor debate on whether to hold the referendum. Such logic flies in the face of responsible, representative government. Students should avoid the many traps hidden in the referendum by taking a ballot and, instead of marking yes or no, indicating that they feel the vote should not have been taken...
...Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries but his delegates split the party which went to the convention with the nomination still in doubt. Ohio Sen. Robert A. Taft offered him the second spot on the ticket in exchange for his delegates but Stassen refused and forced a second and third ballot. But before the third, Taft saw his support eroding and, still unable to secure Stassen's support, conceded the nomination to New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey...
...Amherst faculty last week voted 90 to 29 in a secret ballot for the abolition of the fraternities. And earlier in the year, the Alumni Board also voted to eliminate the system...