Word: voting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent meeting of the bicycle club it was voted to divide the club into riding and associate members. The riding members can join by applying to the secretary, while the associate members must be elected by vote--three black balls to exclude. It was also voted to hold a race meeting in the spring. The next social meeting of the club will be during the month of November, and others will follow at intervals once a month...
...near approach of election day reminds us of a duty which everyone who is qualified to vote owes to his country or his state on what occasion. In a country like ours where there are so many ignorant votes cast, every intelligent vote is needed, and an institution like Harvard should aspire to direct the sentiment of the country as far as an active interest and attention, and intelligent criticism can do so. It is only by concerted action on the part of the well educated that the country can be saved from the ignorant decisions and absolute tyranny...
...then taken on the merits of the debate by the disputants. The debate being then thrown open to the house, a most interesting discussion followed, in which Messrs. Hoar, Frost, McInnis, Wait and others joined. Mr. Sanders closed for the negative and Mr. Sewall for the affirmative. A vote was taken upon the merits of the debate as a whole, which resulted in favor of the negative by 104 to 21. The secretary then announced the results of the secret ballots, which were as follows: On the merits of the question, affirmative 22 ; negative, 148; on the merits...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON:-It seems to me that the committee of the senior class have adopted a wise resolution as to the dropping of candidates at the class election. Last year the committee recommended that the candidates having less than ten votes, etc., be dropped at the end of each formal ballot; but this recommendation was not approved by the class and there was no dropping at all. Before the end of the meeting it was universally admitted, I think, that it would have been better to drop the names as the committee recommended. It would seem advisable, then...
...voting shall be secret, check lists being used. The class shall vote in eight equal sections at eight separate polls. Voting by proxy shall not be allowed. Whenever a candidate receives a majority of votes, cast on a formal ballot, he shall be declared elected...