Word: ballotting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...accurate count, as it turned out, was by the Nixon organization, which earlier had talked about 700 and privately refined its calculations to 702. Needed to be nominated: 667. As the nominating speeches droned on, Nixon visited his command trailer outside the hall and got word that a first-ballot victory was assured...
...bottom fifth of the alphabetical listing, the fight was really over. After West Virginia, Nixon had 650, and Wisconsin's 30, won in that state's primary, broke through the magic number to make it 680. Wyoming added its twelve, for a first-ballot total of 692, compared with 277 for Rockefeller, 182 for Reagan and 182 sprinkled elsewhere. It was even less of a race than it seemed. Nixon had reserve votes in several favorite-son delegations that he could have called upon if necessary. Minnesota Congressman Ancher Nelsen, one of the nine whips working the floor for Nixon...
...predicted Nixon's first ballot victory at 5:36 p.m. on nominating day, earlier than either wire service...
...challenge to presidential candidate George Wallace's Massachusetts nomination papers collapsed yesterday, when none of his four accusers appeared for a hearing before the state Ballot Law Commission...
...Ballot Law Commission, in rejecting testimony Wednesday by Lockshin and challenger Joseph Dever, had indicated that only expert testimony could establish the alleged fraudulence of many of the Wallace signatures...