Word: voter
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...short, if a difficult theoretical subject like logic or psychology or history of philosophy is really to reach a large number of beginners, it would be absurd for the instructor to feel influenced by such negative votes, unless he knew the quality of the voter. Above all it would be dangerous for our elective system, if serious students were guided by such a commentary in the choice of their courses. There may be poor courses in the University, but the chances are great that this kind of canvassing with this kind of answering and tabulating entirely distorts the picture...
...system of government. One way to render this plan more efficient is to reduce the number of nominees for whom one man may vote. On every ballot now presented there is a long list of men, many of whom are in all probability entirely unknown to the voter. If there are but five men to be elected, the voter is sure to be able to choose more competently. This system has proved successful wherever it has been tried...
...chiefs of the city departments hold office for long periods. The three fundamental fea tures, however, of the system under which reform can best be secured are one chamber of delegates, a group of men at the head of the city government, and a plan by which the voter can best be enabled to make an intelligent choice
...great arguments of those who favor the commission of a few men is that the voter has a better hold on them, and that they can be more intelligently elected. The great body of voters are really ignorant of actual municipal problems, and the only true reform lies in some broadening method of getting the people into closer touch with the city business. The more members of the council, the better the government will be, because more voters will know of its actions. The New England town meeting is the simplest and best form, because of its extreme personal relations...
...spent seven hours counting the votes last Friday night, I wish to explain how the special count was carried on. There were four tabulation sheets. As each ballot was read off, the teller in charge of the Bryan-Hughes list, for instance, would note down whether the voter preferred Bryan or Hughes, on the assumption that, if there had been only those two candidates, the voters who preferred Bryan would have voted for him and those who preferred Hughes would have voted for him. Similarly for the four other possible combinations of nominees. The results showed that more men preferred...