Word: voting
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...states that towns, parishes and like legally defined districts, shall have the right to elect their public teachers. This practically excludes the church, for it only has a legal character when connected with some legally constituted society. The church and the parish often vote on different sides, and in all such cases the power is in the hands of the parish as a legal body...
...voting today is being done by secret ballot. It began at 9 o'clock and continued until 1 p. m., when the polls were closed for one hour. The balloting will stop at 5 o'clock. In the morning a very heavy vote was polled which was overwhelmingly in favor of the adoption of the new rules...
LATER.NEW HAVEN, March 3, 1.15 a. m.- The new athletic rules governing the eligibility of members of the athletic teams were ratified by a general vote of the university. The vote stood 496 in favor of the new rules to 15 against them. The rules will go into effect at once, and a number of men now on athletic teams will be disqualified...
Question: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people of the respective States...
Question: "Resolved, That United States Senators should be elected by the direct vote of the people of the respective States...