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University Daily Kansan
Tuesday. Oct. 29, 1957
REFERENDUM BALLOT
TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSITION, PLACE A CROSS MARK IN THE SQUARE AT THE RIGHT OF THE WORDS 'FOR THE PROPOSITION.'
TO VOTE AGAINST THE PROPOSITION, PLACE A CROSS MARK IN THE SQUARE A THE RIGHT OF THE WORDS 'AGAINST THE PROPOSITION.'
PROPOSITION:
Be it enacted by the Associated Students of the University at Kansas:
1. That the Constitution of the Associated Students of the University of Kansas be revised and shall include the following principles.
A. That the minimum voter requirement necessary to elect a representative to the All Student Council be lowered from 75 votes to 1 vote.
FOR THE PROPOSITION: □
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION: □
B. That upon the approval of Proposition A, any candidate in last spring's General Election who would have been elected under the minimum as stated in Proposition A, will be seated on the All Student Council.
FOR THE PROPOSITION:
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION:
C. That the Associated Students of the University of Kansas shall be quaranteed the rights of initiative, referendum, and recall.
FOR THE PROPOSITION:
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION:
D. That vacancies occurring among the members of the All Student Council shall be filled as the All Student Council shall direct with the provision that the person filling the vacancy shall be from the same district as the person whose vacancy is to be filled.
FOR THE PROPOSITION:
AGAINST THE PROPOSITION:
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Editor:
Letters
Secret Ballot?
Our system of "secret ballots" is wonderful, in theory. When I had completed marking my ballot in the primary election, I folded it and presented it to the election judge. She promptly opened it "to see if I had made any mistakes, which might void my ballot."
Is this really the secret ballot, or is it more like something the election judges in a totalitarian country would do? This practice can lead to the buying and selling of votes.
After I had corrected my ballot, it was passed to another election worker who placed it under the table and, I hope, into the ballot box. Although there is an ASC rule which requires ballot boxes to be in clear view of the voter, this one was under the table. It was, I will admit, in clear view of anyone less than three feet tall, and to anyone lying on the floor of the hallway.
A ballot box which is so well hidden may be stuffed much more easily than one which is in plain sight of everyone.
Why aren't our election police a little more alert to these things? If these things were intentional, our student government is in sad shape indeed. If they were accidental, why haven't these workers been trained in the rules of election procedure?
Fred L. Morrison Colby freshman
Too Much Politics
Editor:
Why all the publicity for these would-be politicians? In the last five issues of the Kansan there have been twelve columns of headlines about the freshman election and theries of outraged insignificance. Petitions, amendments, candidates barred . . . so what?
I'll bet less than half the student body know what the election is all about, and less than a quarter of them care. Almost certainly less than a fourth of the freshmen will vote.
If you're going to push the ASC and election news, why not publish a think piece on what it's all about? Or better yet, put the whole thing back on page 3 where it won't bother anyone.
Alan Jones Lawrence junior
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Explaining The Ballot
In order to combat much of the confusion that goes on at the election polls when students in a hurry are confronted with legal terminology, we have boiled down the items that appear on the referendum ballot Wednesday in the hope that you might be able to vote more easily and intelligently.
Primarily this referendum is to add to the All Student Council constitution a few selected items that are basic in a democracy on the college or national level.
Item A
Item B
This is legal language for saying that representatives from the School of Journalism and the cooperatives and professional fraternity districts will be seated with a vote on the ASC, if Item A is passed.
Many of you will remember that last spring after the constitution was revised, the requirement for a voting district was 75 votes to get one voting representative in the ASC.
There are only three logical ways to vote for the first two items. (1) For item A and against
During the spring election two districts were unable to meet that requirement because of their comparatively small vote portential. There was some cry from these groups that is was almost impossible for them to get a representative with their small number. This item, if passed, will prevent another similar complaint.
Item B, (2) for Item A and B and (3) against Item A and Item B. Voting against A and for B wouldn't make sense.
Item C
Boiled down this phrase means one word: Impeachment. This is a basic principle in any democracy and gives the student body a method of checking anything the student body president or members of the ASC do.
For the critic of student government this item would seem to be a necessity.
Item D
This means that if Joe Blow from the fraternity district should drop out of the ASC, the Council would be obligated to replace him with another member of that district. This has nothing to do with the politics of the replacement and allows the party in power to exercise the unwritten law of, "To the Victors Go the Spoils."
On each item the voter is given a plainly marked choice of "For the Proposition," or "Against the Proposition." It will be as simple as that.
We have written this with two primary objectives: (1) To explain what your choices will be on the referendum ballot, and, (2) To encourage you to exercise your right to vote.
There does not seem to be one item on the referendum ballot that should not be passed, but the final outcome is in your hands.
Bob Hartley
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