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Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, November 7,1984
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Student voter
turnout heavy
By KATHERINE HURT
Staff Writer
southeast College Station, also
has many registered student vot-
Student voter turnout was un
usually high in Brazos County
Tuesday. The number of voters
in precinct 20, an all-student pre
cinct on the south side of campus,
doubled 1980’s figures.
Seventy four percent of pre
cinct 20’s 4,000 registered voters
turned out to vote before the
polls closed at 7 p.m.
In precinct 34, a central Col
lege Station precinct with large
student registration, 2,019 of the
precinct’s 3,071 voters, 64 per
cent, voted in Tuesday’s election.
Douglas Jones, precinct 34
election judge, said voter registra
tion in the precinct has doubled
in the last six months.
“Ninety percent of the increase
in this precinct is students,” he
said.
Jones attributed increased
voter registration to the comple
tion of nine sorority houses in
precinct 34. “President Reagan
was the main drawer of voters
this year,” he said.
Voters in precinct 35, students
living on the north side of cam
pus and in Northgate area apart
ments, also turned out to vote in
large numbers, Scott Brooks, pre
cinct 35 election judge said.
Seventy seven percent, 2,410,
of the precinct’s 3,110 registered
voters voted before the polls
closed.
Precinct 10 election judge,
Ruby Freeman, was under orders
not to speak to the media. Her
only comment was, “We’ve had a
big turnout.” Precinct 10, in
“Student voter turnout was
high this year because students
have finally been told they really
make a difference,” Stokes said.
“They’re realizing that if they do
go vote, it can change an election.
Absentee voting also was high
in Brazos County this year — vot
ers cast 3,790 absentee ballots be
fore the Nov. 2 deadline.
Some confusion reigned
among students who had not re
ceived their voter registration
cards and djd not know they
could vote, Stokes said.
“Hundreds and hundreds (of
students) didn’t get their cards
and didn’t know they could vote,”
she said.
Stokes said so many students
registered to vote that Voter Reg
istrar Buddy Winn’s office didn’t
have time to get registration cards
mailed to every student who ap
plied.
Stokes said students
istration cards could
re
without
vote by
affadavit at any precinct.
“Students have to be allowed to
vote as long as they swear that
they filled out a voter regist ration
card,” she said.
Many precinct 35 voters living
in north-side dormitories were
confused about which precinct to
vote in because their voter regis
tration cards said to vote in pre
cinct 20, Chris Bowers, precinct
35 pollwatcher said.
Election judge Brooks said,
“There are too many people ...
not enough machines, and people
are confused about where to vo
te.
Texas voters pass
six amendments
United Press International
AUSTIN — Texas voters added
six amendments to the 108-year-old
state constitution Tuesday, with ap
proval of the establishment of a $ 100
million a year college construction
fund heading the list but rejecting a
proposal for an average $8,300 an
nual pay hike for legislators.
The Texas Constitution has been
laden with 263 amendments since it
was drafted in 1876, systematically
altered by voters every two years
since 1879.
Proposition 2 was easily approved
by a 3-to-2 margin and sets up a
$100 million a year building fund to
be shared by 26 state colleges and
universities.
Voters rejected Amendment No.
8, which would have raised legis
lators’ pay by more than $8,000 a
year by a 2-to-1 margin.
Also nixed was by a 2-to-l margin
was Amendment No. 6, which would
have allowed cities, counties or
school districts to invest public funds
in premiums for mutual insurance
contracts.
A lawsuit against the state by Mid
western University prompted a 1982
constitutional amendment that re
pealed the state property tax, which
had been set up to fund college con
struction but was unequally assessed.
That left the schools that do not
share in the oil-rich Permanent Uni
versity Fund, which benefits the
University of Texas and Texas
A&M, without a dedicated source of
funding for construction projects.
Since 1881, state lawmakers have
sought voter approval of higher leg
islative pay 20 times but were suc
cessful only four times: in 1930,
1954, 1960 and 1975.
The 1975 amendment set
monthly salaries at $600 for House
members and senators and also! Unite
tablished a $30 per day stipend#, j n a ma
each day the Legislature is inregilfi r ^ qc
session (140 days ever y two ie ra n Jesst
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eliminated the $30 per diem
made it a floating amount tied to
maximum allowable federal tax
duction for legislative expei
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No. 1, winning by a 3-to-l marjt
giving state-chartered banks ii
same rights and privileges eip
by federally-chartered banks,
No. 3, winning by a 3-to-2mare
allowing parents, brothers ands
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abolishing the county treasurer’s*
flees in Bexar and Collin counties
No. 5, winning by a 3-10-2 maip
permitting the Senate loelecuiii
cessor to the lieutenant govern
(who presides over the Senate)inii
case the lieutenant governor It
comes incapacitated or dies.
No. 7, winning by a 4-to-l marys
changing the membership of ti
State Commission on Judicial C»
duct and altering the waysinwhid
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Brazos Valley United Way nears goal
By CAMILLE BROWN
Staff Writer
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845-2611
With two weeks to go in the fund
drive, the Brazos County United
Way has reached 68 percent of its
goal. Reports on fifth week of the
campaign showed pledges at
$289,789.
“Admittedly the next 28 or 29
thousand (dollars) is going to be a lot
tougher to get,” said Robert
Fleischer, executive director of the
Brazos County United Way. “But I
think we can still get close to the
goal.”
Ceila Stallings, drive chairman,
said: “There are several promising
returns, but there is still a lot of work
to accomplish to reach the $425,000
goal.”
A&M had contributed the most
money to the total, but this week the
pilot division took the lead with
$98,638. A&M is next with $81,950.
Of A&M’s three divisions, the
University has given $51,154, the
System has given $30,791 and the
student contribution, now officially
at $24, will be totalled at the end of
the eight week drive.
Because the student campaign is
based on activity-relatea fund
drives, students do not enter the
eight-week race to raise money.
Donations collected by A&M stu
dents are handed in to the United
Way throughout the year.
C.R. “Chuck” Cargill, vice presi
dent for operations at A&M and
coordinator of the University’s
drive, is enthusiastic about A&M’s
showing this vear.
a very successf ul campaign.”
So far this year’s campaignK*
have easily beat last year’s figure
This year’s weekly totals havecoua
tently exceeded last year’s weeklvii
tals. The pledges received as of li
fifth week of this year’s drive art!
ready close to last year’s final toa
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$96,000 last year.
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by a significant amount. It should be
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for the community,” said Cargl
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