Word: ballotings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Months ago, Daley told close friends that "what we need is young, fresh blood in the party," and his cronies figured he would ultimately come out for Carter (TIME, March 29). At a press conference last Tuesday afternoon, Daley predicted that Carter would win on the first ballot. Then he added: "This man Carter has fought in every primary, and if he wins in Ohio he'll walk in under his own power. He's got courage. I admire a man who's got courage. He started out months ago, entered into every contest in every state...
...been filed in state and federal courts seeking access for the handicapped to buildings, trains, buses and airplanes. In Los Angeles, for example, a paraplegic woman, Jacqueline Selph, sued the city council because she was unable to enter a polling place without assistance and was offered only an absentee ballot as an alternative. A veteran is suing a Los Angeles, movie theater that would not allow him to enter in his wheelchair. In New York an attorney brought legal action because he could not get his wheelchair into the municipal court so that he could protest a parking ticket...
...eligible voters among the 2.5 million Italians working in other EEC countries, casting a ballot in the June 20-21 election is no simple matter. Since Italy makes no provision for absentee balloting, the worker must travel home, forfeit up to seven days of pay or vacation, spend about $80 on rail fare, and endure at least two days' riding each way on jampacked trains that provide standing room only. Yet more than 300,000 Italian workers traveled home for the country's 1972 general elections, and the ride-in vote is expected to be even larger this...
...well as that of inactive candidates like Scoop Jack son. TIME Atlanta Bureau Chief James Bell learned that Carter has already approached George Wallace, whom he demolished in the South. Wallace made no promises but reportedly will release his 162 delegates just before or just after the first convention ballot. Most are expected to support Carter...
August added that the existing absentee ballot laws are so "extremely complicated" that few candidates understand how they work...