Word: ballots
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...downsized in a number of states to concentrate on New York, the Midwest and California. He has proved to be a cunning opponent; his victory in Arizona may have turned on his decision to mail out 250,000 letters a month before the primary, explaining how to request absentee ballots. By the time Arizonans flocked to see Buchanan's road show, many of them had already voted for Forbes. Campaign chairman Bill Dal Col estimates that two-thirds of the total absentee-ballot group voted for Forbes...
Only Dole and Forbes appeared on statewide ballots, due to New York's arcane ballot access laws. Buchanan competed in two-thirds of the state's 31 congressional districts; but received little reward for his efforts...
...just the 30th ballot received in a precinct with 453 registered voters...
...From the people I've spoken to about voting, a lot of them are still registered to vote at home and they vote by absentee ballot that way," Liazos said...
...vowed to stay in the race. Dole also collected the endorsements of former President George Bush's sons Jeb and George W., Governor of Texas. Ninety-three delegates are at stake in the next contest, in New York on Thursday. Dole and Forbes are the only candidates on the ballot in all state congressional districts, and Dole has the backing of the Republican party leaders. TIME National Political Correspondent Michael Duffy says this week's developments virtually clinch the nomination for Dole. "Before, it was Dole's nomination to lose. Now, it's Dole's nomination," says Duffy. "He still...