Word: voter
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...second free election, confirming their retiring president?s profound achievement of entrenching democracy in a country once wracked by brutal racism and civil war. At the same time, the fact that Mandela?s African National Congress (ANC) is expected to win a landslide victory is a sign of remarkable voter patience with a party that has not yet managed to deliver on its promise to provide jobs and homes for the impoverished majority. Rather than trying to unseat the ANC, opposition parties have set their sights on the more realistic -? but by no means certain -? objective of denying...
...council is to propose the referendum again, it will need to do a much better job in the publicity department. Although it is difficult to pinpoint a singular explanation for last week's abysmal voter turnout, voter apathy, as some council members have pointed out, cannot be used as a primary excuse. Although council affairs are not always the most thrilling events on campus, it is hard to imagine that over 90 percent of the students don't care about their money or the student groups to which they belong...
...word-of-mouth and newsletters, it is the council's responsibility to make sure its constituents are fully aware of its affairs, especially if it is holding a campus-wide referendum. Furthermore, on-line voting, though a convenient way to tally results, is not the optional way to ensure voter participation. Instead, council representatives should conduct the vote in a more direct manner-for example, by using the Harvard Dining Services keypads as was done during the Great Grape Debate...
...some suggest the low turnout may have been due to poor publicity rather than voter apathy...
...problem with purely political issues, especially those which are not tied to a Harvard policy, is that they don't fit the council's current format. The Crimson argues that greater voter interest would be the result of candidates running on political platforms. My opinion is that the council should first be representative before taking strictly political stances, and for that reason, I've called for downsizing the council, in order to make the elections truly competitive and the representatives truly representative...