Word: ballots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...therein lies another political hazard-for the Polish party itself seems bent on reversing Leninist orthodoxy. In a watershed decision two weeks ago, Party Boss Stanislaw Kania bowed to rank-and-file demands and announced that delegates to July's party congress would be elected by secret ballot from an unlimited list of candidates. Until now, most delegates were chosen by the party leadership according to the Leninist principle of "democratic centralism"-meaning that power flows from the top down. The rule change, which would probably benefit reformist candidates in any event, might ultimately prove the last straw...
...former partner in the now defunct coalition of leftist parties, Marchais disparaged Mitterrand's socialist and working-class credentials. "He passes his time soliciting the confidence of the business community," said Marchais. He went on to urge his troops to turn out in record numbers at the ballot box. By doing so, he clearly implied, they would help prevent the Socialist from winning...
Hinckley "just seems to be someone who could get upset and angry enough about the political system to use a bullet to cancel out the ballot. A lot of people feel that way about the system. Including me," Manno wrote...
...gain access to the ballot for the 11 positions on the board of directors set aside for undergraduates and graduates from the two universities, each member of the group--which calls itself "the cooperative slate"--must submit a petition with at least 100 signatures from Coop members...
...know what they did to me. They went out with my girlfriends." And so there were television crews catching catnaps in the corner, and authors calling their agents from the makeshift phones in the lobby-cum-pressroom. After more than 47 hours of deliberation, a final secret ballot was taken. A unanimous verdict was reached. A note was passed to Judge Russell Leggett, and he reconvened the court...