Word: voters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Freudian quips and tricks can be gently disarming. When a woman voter complained to him about the style of new development houses being constructed, Freud replied: "Madam, for you we shall build an old house." He customarily ended campaign speeches by pulling out his pocket watch and looking at it mournfully. "This was my grandfather's watch." Pause. "He sold it to me on his deathbed." As for his contribution to the House of Commons, Freud says, unconvincingly: "It is not my ambition to liven up the debate in Parliament." But, he adds, with a look as baleful...
...seven Democratic and two Republican candidates have been campaigning hard during the past month. But voter interest in the election has been low, and experts predict a turnout of under 20 per cent...
...other victories. All legislative meetings of any kind must now be open to the public?no more private executive sessions in the legislature. A full-time ombudsman has been established in the corrections department. The magnificent St. Croix River has been added to the National Scenic River System. Voter registration has in effect been abolished. Anderson has also started a massive reorganization of the executive branch in Minnesota, establishing a department of state planning designed to decentralize and coordinate management of the state's various agencies...
CAMPAIGN FINANCING. Reform of the way elections are financed could be the most immediate legacy of Watergate. Last month the Senate Commerce Committee cleared a bill that would set up an independent commission for policing national elections, limit campaign spending to 100 per voter, repeal the equal-time provision of the Federal Communications Act to encourage broadcasters to provide more free air time for presidential candidates, and forbid the channeling of campaign contributions from a single donor through a maze of dummy committees...
Georgina Duckey Field '69, a voter registration counselor at the Office of Graduate and Career Plans, said yesterday that inclusion in the street listing does not affect a student's taxes and automobile registration. "Students don't have to worry about those things until they come to register to vote," she said...