Word: balloting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the revolt of Dixie Democrats stopped being an irritating headache to Candidate Harry Truman-and became a major threat. He and his helpers could no longer ignore the Dixiecrats. In Louisiana, Candidate Truman's name was stricken from the ballot...
...they did not capture Texas. In an attempt to get their candidates on the ballot they took full-page newspaper advertisements, pleaded that the whole Democrat-Dixiecrat problem be presented to the voters in a referendum. The Texas State Central Committee, dominated by Governor Beauford Jester, refused. The Dixiecrats still had hope-though their chances looked slim, they were hell-bent to get control of the Texas State Democratic Convention next month...
...stage with other Liberal bigwigs, dapper Louis St. Laurent, 66, Secretary of State for External Affairs, nervously fingered his bristly mustache. He was Mr. King's man and the convention's almost certain choice. In a nearby box sat chic, grey-haired Madame St. Laurent. As the ballots were counted, eager supporters kept rushing up to whisper to her: "Très, Très, Très bon." Each time she answered: "Attendez." They did not have to wait long for the formal announcement: St. Laurent on the first ballot with 848 votes...
...Secret balloting will start at once and continue without letup until one of the candidates has a clear majority, but chairmen of delegations will have no chance to intone the votes of provinces. A candidate may withdraw at any time but will have no opportunity to make a speech throwing his support to another. After the fourth ballot, if no decision has been reached, the low man will be dropped on every ballot until the field is narrowed down to two and a clear majority is established...
Halfway through the meeting, a round-faced young man got up to read a resolution on industrial relations. The delegates liked his looks and liked what he said in his wordy, sobersided way. They elected Dark Horse Mackenzie King on the third ballot. That kind of thing might happen again...