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Word: ballotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...real mission as creating a bloc of votes that can influence, if not determine, the Democrats' choice of a candidate. Johnson and his sagacious Texas sidekick, Speaker Sam Rayburn, expect to hold more than 300 delegate votes (mostly Southern) at the convention's all-important first ballot, hope that this will be enough to head off any bolt to Adlai Stevenson. And if, in the course of this power play, Johnson should finesse the nomination for himself, that would be fine. At a press conference in Des Moines last week, Lyndon said: "I am not a candidate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEMOCRATS: The Pro | 12/21/1959 | See Source »

...balloting tomorrow (today in Dudley House) will be decisive in determining Harvard's relationship with NSA for at least a year. This referendum will be unusual in one respect: there will be room on the ballot for students to register their abstention. Conceivably, a large number of "abstentions" could undermine the position of the Council, should the vote be to rejoin...

Author: By Mark H. Alcott, | Title: Open Letter Asks Students To Join NSA | 12/14/1959 | See Source »

Despite a last-minute petition by 275 Seniors, the Student Council Committee on Elections last night rejected a move to re-open nominations for Class Marshal. The 11-man group unanimously voted that any new nominations would be "unfair" to the 32 candidates already on the ballot...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Council Bars Late Petition On Marshals | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

...Nine on Ballot...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Council Bars Late Petition On Marshals | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

...candidates tied for eighth place in the voting, and therefore, Thursday's ballot for the four Marshal positions will include nine names. Thomas C. Bagnoli, Christopher T. Bayley, Arthur S. Cahn, W. Clarke Hudson, Joseph K. Hurd, Chit R. Kapur, Langley C. Keyes, Robert S. Lawrence, and James D. Lorenz will appear on the ballot...

Author: By Claude E. Welch jr., | Title: Council Bars Late Petition On Marshals | 12/2/1959 | See Source »

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