Word: ballot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...P.C.A. wanted other people to hear it too. So he got a big idea. He would promote a "Democratic" grassroots rally in sunbaked Fresno (traditional midstate meeting ground for California politicians) and start Wallace's name toward a spot on the state's Democratic presidential primary ballot. The rally would be the first formal move in the nation to nominate Wallace. It might even start a third-party tidal wave...
...cagey to send greetings. Among the 300-odd delegates who did show up, Kenny whipped up enough enthusiasm to start Wallace organizations going in 16 of the state's 23 congressional districts. The organizations would probably collect enough signatures to land a Wallace delegation on the ballot...
Dewey supporters knew they would have to pile up enough votes to win the nomination on an early ballot, before any such combustion could take place. To that end they tried to parlay a firm core of Dewey delegates into an illusion of Dewey's inevitability, thus roll up an overwhelming slate of backers well ahead of time. The kind of delegates they wanted were stampede-proof, blitz-proof, down-the-line Dewey...
...Louis, Dewey gave his strategy a trial whirl. After a brief conference, Missouri's National Committeeman Barak T. Mattingly unhesitatingly announced that Tom Dewey would be nominated on the first ballot. He said that Dewey was already assured of 420 of the approximately 547 votes he needed to win, that Missouri was overwhelmingly eager to follow the Dewey standard. For the rest of his "vacation," Tom Dewey would do his best to make that spirit contagious...
This time the monarchists were wary, and advised their followers to drop blanks in the ballot boxes. Few dared to abstain from voting, for failure to vote could be punished by fines, reduced rations or loss of jobs...