Word: voters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...clock. All men who entered with the class of 1915 are eligible to vote. The officers to be chosen are president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer, and three members for the Student Council. The voting will be by the Australian ballot system and Freshmen are reminded that every voter will be required to give his name and initials in full, to the man in charge of the polls...
...decisions of the voters as to their choice of each officer should be based upon two considerations: first, what a given man has done during the past three and a half years for the class and the College, and, second, how he is fitted to perform the task allotted to him. If these considerations are properly weighed by each voter, and the number of votes cast is large, the class of 1912 will have left little undone to make an entire success of the most important election in its career...
...league believes that popular government is fundamental to all other questions. To this end it advocates the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people, direct primaries for the nomination of all elective officials, the direct election of delegates to national conventions with opportunity for the voter to express his choice for President and Vice-President, amendment to state constitutions providing for the initiative, referendum, and recall, and a thorough general corrupt practice...
...addition, every voter will be required to give his name and initials in full to the man in charge of the polls...
President Eliot then spoke of the ballot now in use. It is so long that it is impossible for any voter to know all candidates and to vote with judgment and discrimination. The best movement now before the country is that instituted by the Short Ballot League...