Word: ballots
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...this might look easy. It is not. Last week a boycott of the election by an odd-fellows alliance of blacks and conservative whites looked certain when talks with the A.N.C. and the government over ethnic autonomy sputtered to a near halt as the deadline to get on the ballot passed. Some die-hard whites have voted against participation. Additional pressure came from Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who told President F.W. de Klerk that if the interim constitution did not give more powers to regional governments, he would not abide by the results of the coming election and would initiate...
Part of the A.N.C. challenge is even more basic than getting people to the ballot box. They must know what to do when they get there -- and many have no idea. Not only are South Africa's 16.2 million eligible black voters casting ballots for the first time, but more than half are illiterate, and about 7 million of them live in rural areas far from the reach of campaign rallies and party workers. The tactics of the A.N.C. over the past 10 years led its & followers to scorn the local pseudoelections of the apartheid era rather than take part...
Perot, and his confused economic vision, was rejected at the ballot box. But the election certainly was not a ringing affirmation of traditional American policy, as Bill Clinton's campaign (and now his presidency) consistently championed the European economic model...
Carey W. Gabay '94 was re-elected to a second term as president. And in a hotly contested race for the vice presidency, Joshua D. Liston '95, former chair of the campus life committee, was elected by a majority on the first ballot...
Marks, who dismisses five ballot infractions in his own camp as a misunderstanding, charges Stinson with massive election fraud. Furthermore, Marks says an ensuing "whitewash" involved the state's entire Democratic establishment. "Sadly, Philadelphia has a history of political corruption on the part of the Democrats," says Marks. Stinson denies that he stole the election, and the Democrats have returned fire. "This is bwhen Marks criticizes the courts for good, honest decisions," declares senate majority leader Bill Lincoln...