Word: voting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Everybody knows," said a grizzled party worker at Labor headquarters, "that Ebbw Vale will vote Labor and that Torquay will vote Tory. It's the doubtfuls like Hammersmith that'll decide the general election." The Tories felt much the same. "Labor got nearly 12 million votes in 1945," said one of them. "We got nearly 10 million. A million of the 'floating' vote in the next election could turn the tide in our favor . . . That's why Hammersmith is important...
...Committee vote was split 4 to 4 on the issue and the report presented the arguments of both sides: Walter B. Raushenbush '50 for the investigation, Chairman David L. McMurtrie '50 against it. Provost Buck will speak to the Council Monday night about the problem of price increases...
...campaign bands, raffles, speeches, cigarette give-aways, and posters gave the Freshman Union a carnival air last night as candidates sought to push their name into the limelight before Tuesday's vote...
...made up of representatives from most major undergraduate teams and activities. It is supposed to be the Key's policy-making body. The legwork in the Key is done by another group of members, the Associates, who are chosen from among candidates competing for the Society. They have no vote on policy. The officers and committee-chairman, drawn from both the Associates and the Executive Group, form a nine-man cabinet, planned as an advisory group...
...large, and its representatives too poorly informed on the Key's activities, to be successful. This unwieldy Executive needs either to be pared down to a workable size or restricted to advisory power. The Associates are in the unfair position of doing all the work and having no vote in Key Policy. Their position offers very little prestige, since the Key is a new organization and not well publicized. In all fairness, the Associates should be given some vote in the Key's policy, and adequate publicity for their work...