Word: councill
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Elections, election procedures, and polls occupied most of the Council's meeting last night...
...President Robert L. Fischelis '50 announced that nominations for House posts on the Council will be made at House discussion meetings Thursday evening. The Council election will be held two weeks after that...
...Also on Thursday the Council will make a poll on the subject of Red Books, in an attempt to discover if there is strong student desire for them...
...representation have been trying to effect its repeal since passage of the revised Uniform Charter Act in 1938. That law gave reform-minded cities in the state a choice among five types of municipal government-the different charters were termed "plans." Plan E was one that provided for city council election by proportional representation; the voter marks his ballot by numbering candidates in his order of preference. Thus any bill aimed at that provision would cripple the plan and make it an unnecessary addition to the Charter Act, since plan D carries the same provisions, but without the proportional representation...
According to Senator Melley and Representative Toomey, proportional representation is "Un-American" because it "does away with the two party system," and PR "accentuates minorities." They refer to the fact that under PR all citizens vote on all city Council seats, so a simple ward majority cannot elect a candidate, and candidates can run without party label. However, proponents of this method of voting state that it eliminates the evils of the ward system and destroys the power of the "ward boss" over city officials; the councilmen are responsible only to the people And, since the Council in turn appoints...