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...Ellis Arnall seemed a cinch to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Georgia two months ago, Republicans crossed party lines and voted overwhelmingly for racist Lester Maddox on the assumption tha the would be the easier candidate to defeat in the general election. Then Maddox faced Republican segregationalist Bo Callaway in the general election three weeks ago, and Arnall got his revenge. Callaway led Maddox, 451,032 to 448,598, but a six per cent write-in vote for Arnall prevented either candidate from gaining a majority of the popular vote. Then the legal entanglements began...
...receives an absolute majority. Georgia's legislature, however, has not been completely reapportioned in compliance with the Supreme Court's one-man, one-vote ruling. The Court gave the legislature until 1968 to reapportion itself, but nevertheless two suits were filed to block a legislative election between Maddox or Callaway, both alluding to the present legislature's unrepresentative character...
...Dixie-dozen legal reactions. The state attorney general petitioned Atlanta's federal district court to uphold the legislature's right to name the Governor. The American Civil Liberties Union filed two suits in the same court to void the anachronistic constitutional provision and order a new election. Callaway supporters asked the court to order a runoff between Callaway and Maddox, with write-ins barred. Yet another petition, brought by pro-Arnall forces, sought to permit write...
...Maddox was encouraged to announce his plans over TV. Attempting to play down his segregationist past, he said: "We're gonna have a lotta common sense and a lotta common people in our government." Hours later the computers were contradicted; neither Maddox nor his Republican opponent, Howard ("Bo") Callaway, had received a majority of the votes...
...GEORGIA GOVERNOR 65% of the vote Maddox (D) 305,000 Callaway (R) 315,000 U.S. SENATOR Russell (D)* (unopposed...