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...yesterday, 2,011 undergraduates had voted in the election??a figure paling in comparison to the 3,519 that had entered the polls by the end of the voting period last year. Final voting numbers for the UC presidential elections have only dipped below 3,000 twice since 1997, with the lowest turnout being the 2,462 that went to the polls...
...hope and inspiration. Unfortunately, the transition to democracy that he initiated in Russia is far from complete. The parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, which cemented the power of the autocratic Russian President Vladimir Puttin, were nothing but a tragic comedy. Putin’s party won the election??a run up to the presidential election to succeed Putin in title, but likely not power, next March—in a landslide. United Russia gained a projected 315 seats in the 450-seat Duma. By contrast, the Communist Party, which remains the largest opposition party will hold...
...focuses on a small group of people already involved in the UC, leaving most other students either ignorant or apathetic towards the council’s work. Both repeatedly cast the fact that only about half of the undergraduate population voted in last year’s UC presidential election??even though there were six tickets involved—as evidence of the council’s declining relevance...
...Hoping to avoid the slip-ups of the Voith-Gadgil campaign, McGowan says she is keeping the Sundquist campaign “small and focused” with a core staff of 10 to 15 members, and ensuring that all volunteers are familiar with the election??s rules...
...President Bush’s approval ratings continue to plummet, many Americans may be asking themselves, “What if Al Gore had won the election?” Then many of them quickly realize that he did win the election??at least the popular vote—and, embittered, yet resigned, they quickly go back to expressing their frustration with the current President...