Word: electioneerings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Concurrent with the news that the Committee for Electoral Reorm has swung into active petition work among the Senior Class, in favor of an election convention, came the news last night that Francis Keppel '38, president of the Student Council, will call a meeting of the Council for Thursday night...
Meanwhile Committeemen issued a statement in which they said that, although they had hoped that the council would hold up the nominations for the Second Senior election, they would accept these nominations as "faits accomplis."
Three reasons give weight to the belief that the Committee is merely an angry and jealous minority. First a Senior Class convention, especially if held in the New Lecture Hall on a warm day in April, can easily kindle a stingaree of a riot. More important is the fact that...
Understood to be growing in numbers, sympathizers with the Committee for Electoral Reform approached the body with numerous queries over the weekend. In response to these queries Committee leaders issued a statement clarifying their objections to the present Senior Election scheme.
Perhaps most radical change suggested in the statement is the declaration that "we oppose a method of election whereby a candidate with a slight margin, frequently one or two votes, is declared elected even though he has polled nothing resembling a majority of the votes cast."