Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Alvin E. Thompson won the Democratic nomination for state representave from Cambridge, his opponent, six-term incumbent Saundra Graham acknowledged that she had taken her victory for granted. Last Tuesday, Thompson faced tough opposition from Graham--even though this time her name didn't appear on the ballot...
...register a vote for a write-in candidate like Graham on a vote-a-matic machine, voters have to leave the ballot blank, and write the candidate's name, address, and office sought on the ballot wrapper. Graham's stickers, which bear the same information were intended to be placed on this envelope...
Cambridge voting machines, like many across the country, use a computer-scanned punch-card ballot. Voters place the card underneath a "ballot book" containing the names of the candidates and punch numbered holes out of the card with a metal needle...
...several precincts, voters improperly placed stickers over Thompson's name in the ballot book. When poll workers tried to remove the stickers, the pages underneath ripped, and several had to be replaced...
During the election, Thompson campaign manager Francis R. Stone claimed that misplaced stickers were the work of Graham supporters, who he says used tape, black ink--and stickers--to deface Thompson's name in the ballot book, making it appear as if there were no Democratic nominee...