Word: recounting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Republicans in the legislature held up the inauguration for four hours, threatened to demand a recount of last fall's close election (Bowles won by only 2,285 votes). But the high point of the proceedings was Bowles's rakish appearance in the inaugural parade-he wore a dented grey hat with his cutaway. Said his wife: "Chet has a silk hat somewhere. But he just won't wear...
...recount will be based on the theory that secondary choices on the ballots should share political views most like those of Sullivan. Election officials will redistribute his votes among the previously unsuccessful candidates who might have been elected had Sullivan not been running
...statement followed a recount of all ballots and a three hour debate which ended in the quashing of a move for a new election...
...recount showed that the first tallying had given each candidate 50 to 60 votes too few, Weeks said. One candidate's total soared 100 votes in the new addition...
Robert C. Fisher '51, only Freshman on the slate, led the field with a total of 580 votes in the recount...