Word: votes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...through its president, Hans F. Loeser, presented to the District Attorney a signed statement from a lady--a shut-in, who has voted by absentee ballot--which asserts that her first-choice vote for a CCA-endorsed candidate had been changed to a first-choice vote for Walter J. Sullivan, a candidate not endorsed by the Association...
...know that I did not vote for Walter Sullivan and that he ended up with the 1st vote as the ballot was changed," the woman's statement asserts...
...Socialist representative cast his vote for Senator William O. Douglas in an open fight, for Senator Hubert Humphrey in a closed Democratic contest, and for vice-President Nixon against other Republicans...
This prediction is further enhanced by the current issueless campaign, when large groups of citizens are not aroused to vote as they were two years ago. At that time a School Committee issue concerning 17 controversial appointments stirred the CCA virtually to demand that the education of the city's children not be subject to personal political feuds. In 1957, there at least was an issue of the "ins" versus the "outs...
...past few years, the key to the direction of the School Committee is the Mayor's deciding vote. "We're not going to have a good School Committee unless we have a good Council, because it's all in the Mayor's hands," says William S. Barnes, assistant Dean of the Law School and CCA-backed candidate for the Committee. Thus, if the CCA really wants to implement its plank in both the Council and the School Committee, it must unite to win the mayoralty election...