Word: referendum
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Students at Harvard and Radclif will vote in a referendum today on whether to allow a permanent representatives from the 'Cliffe on the Harvard Policy Committee. The proposed amendment, which was unanimously approved by both the HPC and the Harvard Undergraduate Council would give Cliffies four votes on the council--three to students and one to Dean Eliot...
...about biennial Congressional elections is that the House stays responsive to changes in popular opinion on many subjects. It is not unreasonable to ask that the nation have an opportunity to reexamine some decisions every two years, and Congressional elections are the closest thing we have to a national referendum. This year, for example, the people will have some-albeit limited-opportunity to make themselves heard on the Vietnam war through Congressional elections. It is absurd to suggest that the floods of form letters which make up the bulk of Congressional mail adequately represent public opinion...
...plan for permanent Radcliffe membership on the Harvard Policy Committee was announced yesterday by Michael E. Abram '66, chairman of the HPC. The plan has already been approved by the HUC and will be submitted to a student referendum during the first week of next semester...
...confident that it will be able to obtain the necessary votes needed to make the change. Abram said that the extensive support for the HUC and the HPC in the last referendum indicated that students were anxious to have these committees useful and active. "Since Cliffe membership will enable the HPC to function more effectively, it will probably be supported by the majority of students," he said...
With the general consent? This seemed to suggest that a referendum-the first national vote since 1947-might be arranged during 1966 to give the Spanish people a say on the future pattern of Spain. Underscoring the possibility was the announcement last week that a new census of voters will be taken by April...