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...Massachusetts in 1912, and who is the author of the "Luce" laws for primary elections and direct nominations, passed during his long term of service, from 1899 to 1908, in the state legislature, will speak as will Edward a. Thurston '96L, who is one of the nominees for presidential elector at large and who has been chairman of the State Republican Committee for the past three years after having served in a similar capacity on the committee of his native city, Fall river, Mr. Thurston believes in political preparedness and the duty of his party to teach all aliens...
Such persons assume that since the number of men approximates the number of women and since practically every women is the wife, daughter or sister of some man, the interests of every women are identical with those of her male proxy-elector...
...voting for president, vice-president, and secretary-treasurer was done in accordance with Section 7 of Article III of the Constitution for the three lower classes, which describes preferential voting as follows: "The system of preferential voting described below shall be used in all class elections. Each elector shall indicate his order of preference for all the candidates for each office. A first choice shall count one, a second two, and so on. The candidate receiving the lowest numerical total shall be declared elected. Any ballot on which all the candidates for any office have not been voted upon shall...
Section 7 of Article III of the Constitution for the three lower classes explains the method of preferential balloting: "The system of preferential voting described below shall be used in all class elections. Each elector shall indicate his order of preference for all the candidates for each office. A first choice shall count one, a second two, and so on. The candidate receiving the lowest numerical total shall be declared elected...
...system of preferential voting described below shall be used in all class elections. Each elector shall indicate his order of preference for all the candidates for each office. A first choice shall count one, a second two, and so on. The candidate receiving the lowest numerical total shall be declared elected. Any ballot on which all the candidates for any office have not been voted upon shall be declared invalid for that office...