Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...R.N.C. The present process discriminates against the larger states, where ethnic voters are concentrated. Auspitz is a member of the R.N.C.'s outreach program, which makes a special appeal to minorities. Yet he complains: "The party tells these groups, 'Give us your vote, but your participation stops at the ballot...
...rules of political tradition -and common sense-the purpose of Kennedy's visit should have been peacemaking. The President, though battered by the deepening recession, had won 24 primaries to Kennedy's ten. Carter had collected 1,964 delegates, 298 more than he needs for a first-ballot nomination at the Democratic National Convention in August and 725 more than Kennedy's total. The latest Gallup poll showed that 60% of the Democrats, however reluctantly, preferred Carter to Kennedy as their nominee for President. But when the Senator emerged 54 minutes later from the Oval Office...
...underdog status, maintaining that he has always campaigned best when he is behind. His strategy for Anderson is to ignore him publicly. With Carter's blessing, however, the Democratic National Committee last week set aside $225,000 to hire lawyers who will try to keep Anderson off the ballot in 13 key states, including California, New York and Ohio. Anderson already is on the ballot in Kansas, New Jersey and Utah. For Reagan, Carter has settled on a more aggressive strategy. The President's aides will keep reminding voters this summer about the Californian's more outrageous...
...During the reforming '60s there was a commitment by many white politicians and officials, indeed by whites in general, to the principles of civil rights. This gave blacks good reason to believe that their lives would improve, slowly but steadily. In terms of personal freedoms-access to the ballot, public accommodations and transportation-there was great improvement. But these gains did not bring with them economic success-or a fair share of the American dream...
...since none of their rationalizations appears to have any legitimate legal basis. The NLRB says the posting of notices in the shop does not constitute any kind of legal restitution. The rationale behind the ILGWU's rejection of the company's offer to hold a secret-ballot election lies in a Supreme Court ruling that such elections are not usually accurate indicators of employee sentiment during a labor dispute. NLRB policy also prevents elections of any kind from being held in the midst of a labor dispute, since workers are then often much more susceptible to coercion and manipulation...