Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Also, a lot of people told me they thought one out of the six ought to be a student," Bok said. "I guarantee you not more than 25 people knew my name when I walked in here," Bok, who drew more than 170 votes on the first ballot, added...
...referendum will be held on Wednesday and Thursday in the Lowell House dining room, and pro and con arguments will appear on the ballot, Elizabeth W. Harper '81, incoming Committee chairman, said last night...
Voters should remember that in Massachusetts, registering as an Independent gives them the right to choose either a Republican or a Democratic ballot when they report to the polls. This year, when the possibility is strong that one or the other of the races may be all-but-decided before the Bay State vote, registering as an Independent will allow useful flexibility...
Massachusetts voters vote in the primary of the party they are registered in, but independents may request either ballot at the polls...
...they trudge through the primaries, the candidates aim for the votes of a rather narrow slice of the electorate. Because a greater degree of understanding of candidates and issues is needed to cast a primary ballot, those who vote tend to be articulate, highly motivated, upper middle income citizens, who are usually more ideologically committed, whether to the right or to the left. Writes Chicago Lawyer Newton Minow, former chairman of the FCC: "The current version of primaries turns the decision over to what, in a sense, is a new kind of political boss. A small handful of party activists...