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Nov 02, 2006 02:58 PM by James Panero
In a huge victory for alumni independence, despite a broad campaign waged by the school and its left-liberal trustees, Dartmouth alumni have voted against a rewrite of the college’s constitution designed to hinder the ability of libertarian and conservative petition candidates to be elected to the Dartmouth board. The office of Dartmouth Alumni Relations reports: The proposed new constitution for the Association of Alumni of Dartmouth College failed to achieve the level of support necessary for passage in voting by Dartmouth alumni that ended October 31. A total of 12,729 alumni (51 percent) rejected the proposal, while 12,041 (49 percent) voted to accept it. None of the four proposed petition amendments to the current Association constitution received more than 53 percent approval. Approval by two-thirds of alumni voting was required to pass any constitutional amendments. Armavirumque has reported on this issue here, here, here, here, here, and here. More can be found on The Dartmouth Review’s dartlog,
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