Word: ballots
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...declared his availability for a presidential draft? In making his surprise announcement on CNN's Larry King Live last month, the Texas businessman said he would enter the race as an independent -- but only if supporters collected the 800,000 or so signatures necessary to get him on the ballot in all 50 states. He inspired volunteers sporting ROSS IS MY HOSS buttons to launch petition drives in many states...
...spite of the triumph of reform at the ballot box, De Klerk's main negotiating partner, Nelson Mandela, president of the African National Congress (A.N.C.), could not share the euphoria. The country's 30 million black citizens still suffer profound inequalities in housing, education, ( medical care and other basic necessities. As Mandela watched whites streaming to the polls, he said, "I still cannot vote in my own country." But when it was over, he smiled and said at last, "I am very pleased...
Even as the Supreme Court was approving California's term limits last week, voters in Oklahoma drastically curbed the powers of their elected representatives. By a vote of 56% to 44%, Oklahomans backed a ballot initiative that would require a three-fourths legislative majority for all laws that raise revenue, excluding property taxes. Bills falling short of that majority would have to be approved by popular vote at the next regular election, virtually ensuring that future tax hikes will be few and far between...
DAVID DUKE fought Republican Party officials all the way to the Supreme Court last month, finally failing to win a place on their primary ballot in Georgia. But that was then, and this is now. This week Bush Central is secretly rooting for Duke, who is on the ballot in seven of the eight Super Tuesday primaries. Says an insider: "Every vote for Duke is a vote that Buchanan doesn...
...most popular candidates of the evening, however, are not on any ballot. At the climax of Hillary Clinton and Barbara Bush's duet about campaign woes, "Can't Love Helping That Man Of Mine," they sang "Let's ditch both our misters and I'll run with you." From the tumultuous applause they received, it was clear the audience thought it was a great idea. Lori E. Smith...