Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Dunster House last night voted 292 to 59 to support a DP next year. The vote, on a poll, came after considerable House opposition to the project, mainly on grounds of other high expenses this year in the House...
...figure falls 462 short of 1948's 2,405 total. Last year's high-vote total came in a re-election created by an error in voting procedure in the original balloting...
...vote last week the school group refused the Forum's request on a motion introduced by Mayor Michael J. Neville, who characterized Laski as "pro-Communist, anti-Catholic, and anti-religious." The Mayor stated that he was against using public school halls for speeches by "men with Laski's philosophy of government...
According to Senator Melley and Representative Toomey, proportional representation is "Un-American" because it "does away with the two party system," and PR "accentuates minorities." They refer to the fact that under PR all citizens vote on all city Council seats, so a simple ward majority cannot elect a candidate, and candidates can run without party label. However, proponents of this method of voting state that it eliminates the evils of the ward system and destroys the power of the "ward boss" over city officials; the councilmen are responsible only to the people And, since the Council in turn appoints...
Senate 5 was defeated on the House floor once before, when the body voted on March 15 to accept a committee recommendation to withdraw the measure. Only expert parliamentary maneuvering by Senator Melley saved the bill in the upper chamber. However, by delaying renewal of the discussion until this week, the House has given Toomey time to strengthen his forces, and another vote may be close. Though the "Citizens Committee" has only one known member, Miss Spencer, and is not registered officially as a lobby at the State House, it may be able to change many votes during this well...