Word: elections
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...feel that the candidates in a particular year do not particularly match their own views, then they are left with a dismal decision: a Democrat or Republican that they moderately support, or a third-party candidate whom they enthusiastically support but who does not stand a chance of being elected. And if they do opt to vote symbolically for the third party, there is a chance that doing so will help elect their least desirable candidate by siphoning a vote away from a mainstream candidate...
...view of our cyclical short-term history, maybe we should go further back. In times of crisis, the Roman senate possessed an admirable means of securing both continuity and decisive action. The powerful and populous Senate (think the Faculty of Arts and Sciences) would let consuls (think Core Committee) elect a dictator (think successful administrator) with a specific agenda (think Core reform) and a rigid timetable. Paradoxically, in order to preserve the Republic’s freedom, the republican principles of plural collegiality and responsibility needed to be abandoned. By most accounts, the system succeeded in saving the Republic from...
...there a risk that you set a Philippines-type precedent for the removal of leaders through street demonstrations, instead of using the ballot box? Not at all. This is building up Taiwan's democratic system. Since 1992, people can elect their legislature and, since 1996, their President, but when the legislators and President don't have the trust of the people and they have to wait till their term is over, that hurts the country more...
...rebate. “A lot of students don’t pick up their checks,” he said. In addition, many students choose to donate their rebate to Harvard or MIT student groups instead of cashing their checks. In previous years, students could also elect to donate their rebate to September 11 and Hurricane Katrina charities, which the COOP would then match. Last year, combined donations from students and the Coops totaled about $100,000, according to Murphy. This year no such donation-matching program is planned. “Thankfully, there hasn’t been...
...happy that my class believes in me enough to elect me as class marshal,” said Asante...