Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first place, heavy rain and a paucity of real contests on their side kept many Republicans from the polls. In addition, more than half the precincts in the state have voting machines, on which it is difficult to register a write-in vote. (No candidate was on the ballot...
With each public denial and private step forward, people will continue to watch Scranton closely. Those sixty-three first-ballot convention votes may be extremely important, as a rallying point for a Scranton drive before or during the convention, a decisive bloc that could go any way in the case of a deadlocked convention, or the core for a vice-Presidential attempt. At any rate, Scranton will probably be without a job in 1966, since he cannot succeed himself as governor and no Senate seat will be available. Certainly he would want to be on good terms with any Republican...
...delegate votes, all gained at conventions but a bloc of 32 from Illinois, plus another 48 votes that are considered fairly safe. Across the U.S., Goldwater's present strategy is to concentrate on the state conventions, electing enough delegates with promises of commitment to give him imposing first-ballot strength at the national convention. Goldwater aides claim that their man will have upwards of 550 first-ballot votes by July, with 655 needed for the nomination...
...Goldwater's problem is that he could lose most of that strength in a twinkling. Some delegates are bound to Barry only for the first ballot, after which they can vote for anybody. Others are only loosely pledged to him, could desert him even before the convention to climb aboard somebody else's bandwagon...
...choice for Republicans will be between rival slates of delegates pledged to Senator Goldwater and Ambassador Lodge. (No slate is committed to Governor Rockefeller.) Although no delegate is listed as pro-Goldwater or pro-Lodge on the ballot, certain names--like that of Lodge's son, George C. Lodge '50--will tell knowledgeable voters which slate to select. Thirty-four delegates will be elected to represent the state's Republican minority...