Word: places
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...That the polling place be kept open for a reasonable number of hours on election day-say from...
...essential features which are supported by all the signers are defined to be. (1) Publicity of nomination. (2) Voting by ballot at a convenient polling place to be kept open from 9 until 4 on election day. An alternative for section 3 is suggested, that the officers be divided into two groups to be voted for on different days...
Nominations for secretary, for the marshals, and for the five so called literary offices, including choristers, to be voted for on the first day. Then nominations for the nine committee places may be made on the day following the announcement of the results of the first election, so that a prominent candidate who had failed to get a marshalship might still be put up for a committee place to take his chances in a second election. The aims of this plan are simply to put the election on a more democratic and up to date footing, to obliterate society lines...
...most thorough consideration and is of opinion that on the whole the plan is in greater part well worth adopting. There are, however, certain practical difficulties to be overcome, and as the changes would necessitate a radical departure from long established custom and precedent, it has seemed best to place the issue before the class...
...that the Seniors should think the details over carefully so that they may be able to act for the best when the plan is put before them in a class meeting. The objects sought are evident. It is hoped to secure a larger and more representative vote, and to place all individuals upon an equal basis. No one can expect to obtain under any circumstances a perfect system. The situation is too complicated...