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...counter the University's celebrity-laden slate for the Board of Overseers, the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni/ae Against Apartheid nominates Jack Lemmon '47, Talking Heads keyboardist Jerry Harrison '70 and folksinger Tom Rush '63. Michael S. Dukakis (Law School '60) attempts to place himself on the ballot as a write-in candidate, however he cannot find the requisite 293 alumni to recognize...
...officer by a two-thirds vote of the council. Funds for election of presiding officer shall be disbursed by the treasurer. The executive board shall set reasonable limits for this funding. The council shall hold debate (s) between the candidates. A space shall be left on the ballot for write-in votes...
Because Cambridge's voting machines were illequipped to deal with Graham's write-in/sticker campaign, widespread confusion enveloped the election, with each side accusing the other of sabotage...
...register a vote for a write-in candidate like Graham on a vote-a-matic machine, voters have to leave the ballot blank, and write the candidate's name, address, and office sought on the ballot wrapper. Graham's stickers, which bear the same information were intended to be placed on this envelope...
Graham, who is running a write-in campaign after losing the Democratic primary by 49 votes, must make sure that voters remember to write in her name using the stickers she has provided. Meanwhile Thompson is struggling to retain the advantage of having his name appear alone on the ballot in the 28th Middlesex District...