Word: vote
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There's no question it will randomize thevotes of the election," said Jonathan R. Lavy '01,a candidate in Winthrop House. "The main worry forme is that you'll practically have nobodyremembering to vote, and it'll be potluck who winsor loses...
Council President Beth A. Stewart '00 saidmembers will try to campaign more aggressivelythan before to encourage students to revote. Shesaid they plan to advertise in The Crimson, tableand to poster around the campus to alert studentsthat they must vote at the end of next week...
...couldn't wait to turn 18 and have the incredible privilege of having a say in my government. I would pay careful attention to local politics, notice how my representatives behaved in Congress, read the fine print about the lists of bills I would be deciding on and vote responsibly...
...list of names are meaningless: governor, attorney general, U.S. representative, school superintendent. These are the people who can actually affect my beloved Los Angeles County, and all I know about them is what party they belong to. The Natural Law party? What's that? Maybe I should vote for their candidate. I couldn't feel much more clueless. It's hard to rationalize voting blindly, poking my little metal toothpick through the card arbitrarily...
...home is home is home. It's not Cambridge; it's where I care about. So I must figure out my ballot. The paper's endorsements are read to me over the phone, everything filtered through my family. I'm not being a grown-up and proudly casting my vote according to my opinion and mine alone. I'm begging for advice in my void of information...