Word: voting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed, without a record vote, the independent offices appropriation bill of $512,901,000, providing for the salaries and expenses of the President and Vice President, the Shipping Board, the Veterans' Bureau, the Interstate Commerce Commission, etc. (Bill went to the Senate...
...vote will be carried on as usual with the preferential type of ballot. Voters must designate in the space opposite the candidates names on the ballot their first, second, third, and in the case of addition their consecutive choices. Every candidate for office must be voted on or the ballots will be thrown out. Signatures will be required on the ballots but will be regarded as confidential...
These cards are made out in accordance with the preferential system of voting being used this year. Each card has the complete list of nominees, on it. The voter should number his choices in the order of his preference. Every name must have a number beside it, or the entire vote will be thrown out. Some cards have already come in vita only the first choices designated. These votes have been declared invalid by the Executive Board of the Class...
...used piece of political machinery now present in many a state constitution. It provides that when citizens are vexed with their governor or judges or other officials, they may draw up a petition demanding a special election to oust the official in ques- tion or give him a fresh vote of confidence. As soon as a certain percentage (varying in different states between 10% and 25%) of the voters have signed the petition, the special poll is held. This is known as the recall. More than half of the states west of the Mississippi River have adopted it. Here...
...election for president and vice-president, the man with the highest number of votes will be president, and the next in line will receive the vice-presidency. Additional nominations may be made by a petition signed by 25 members of the Association. All those who have participated in the work this year are classed as members. These petitions must be in the hands of Henry Chauncey '28, Westmorely 43, before February 7. The elections will be held on Tuesday, February 14. The polls will be open in Phillips Brooks House and Sever Hall from 0 until 4 o'clock...