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Cambridge resident Andrew J. Spears even voted for Powell as a write-in yesterday. This move was motivated by Powell's prowess in economics and foreign affairs as well as Spears' disgust toward the other candidates, Spears said. "I don't care for any of them...
SOUTH CAROLINA: Born during the presidency of Teddy Roosevelt, trapped behind German lines on D day, and the only person ever to win a write-in campaign for the U.S. Senate, Strom Thurmond appears tanned and ready to run for an unprecedented eighth term. "He is a fascinating man, and too easily discounted," reports TIME's Lisa H. Towle from Raleigh, North Carolina. "I don't think there is a South Carolinian alive today who has not received a letter from him. When you graduate from high school, he sends you a letter. Everybody." It is Thurmond's service...
...Randy Fine, in a vaguelyphrased "The 'Stones are Coming" tone, promised "a major musical act." It is clear that aside from our love of raft races and the Rolling Stones, the council has no directly relevant link to the undergraduate populace. In fact, earlier this year Liston lost to write-in candidate Pathik P. Patel '97 in his own House election and only regained his seat after Patel was kicked off the council for poor attendance. Perhaps that's why less than 20 percent of all undergraduates bother to vote in council elections. They're simply not worth...
...resentment towards incumbents has swept the country this year, and Massachusetts is no exception. Question Four would deny ballot access to state and federal candidates who have served a specified number of terms in office. Such candidates could only be elected by write-in votes and, in the case of state offices, would serve without salary...
Around the country, even more drastic steps are being proposed. Most come in the form of actual term limits, which bar candidates from holding office for too many consecutive terms regardless of any write-in support they may receive...