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Word: ballotting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recount will not change results of any other referendum or election on last month's ballot. The cable TV question was the only close vote and none of the other elections have been contested...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: City Cable Referendum Defeated After Recount | 12/2/1983 | See Source »

...case, Berman said, a voter had written the word "yes" in the box on the ballot reserved for a negative vote, instead of marking an "x" for either yes or no. Election commissioners counted the ballot as a vote against the referendum, a decision which would be challenged if the case goes to court...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: City Cable Referendum Defeated After Recount | 12/2/1983 | See Source »

...poll taken two years ago the timberwolf symbol was the second choice among a list of alternatives to the Big Green, which replaced the Indian Gur! said that a majority of students has simply scratched out the choices and written Indian on the ballot...

Author: By Paul DUKE Jr., | Title: Indian Symbol Dispute Resurfaces at Dartmouth | 11/23/1983 | See Source »

...their loyalties only with discreet lapel pins. Virtually all politicians who had held elected office prior to the 1980 coup, including former Prime Ministers Bülent Ecevit and Siileyman Demirel, were forbidden to run. More than 500 of the candidates for seats in parliament were stricken from the ballot without explanation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turkey: General Rebuff | 11/21/1983 | See Source »

...Cambridge's antiquated system of proportional representation. Under this system, voters rank candidates in order of preference, and candidates are elected when they reach a quota or percentage of all votes. Their surplus votes and the votes of eliminated candidates are redistributed to the next person listed on each ballot...

Author: By H. YOSHI Campbell, | Title: School Committee Race Official After 4 Days and 13 Counts | 11/17/1983 | See Source »

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