Word: ballots
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...opinion on council downsizing, an issue appearing on this week's ballot, is more abstract...
Upon entering the first-year dorm, Tenney spots some council members, going door to door to raise support for the council's proposed term-bill hike that will appear on the ballot. Tenney hustles up the stairs in front of the representatives, thinking that the reaction to the second of two council canvasses might not be warm...
...Ballot-casters like Montaine and Dawes are important in New Hampshire because in primary states where two candidates vie for the support of the state party organization, new electors can cast the deciding votes...
...more than a clash of egos if so much were not at stake. Campbell believes preserving affirmative action is vital to the continued prosperity of the black middle class. Tucker thinks blacks need to prepare for the day when such programs are outlawed by conservative courts or ballot initiatives such as California's Prop. 209. This is a serious difference of opinion that deserves a dignified debate by serious people, not a wallow in the mud. Surely, the mayor of a major American city and one of the country's most formidable journalists are smart enough to figure that...
...hands of the students. The pressing issue won't be deciding between the next Progressive or Pragmatist President, but rather the size of the council itself. If successful on Sunday night, the council will put a binding referendum on reducing council size by 15 members on the Presidential ballot, along with the term-bill referendum...