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McCarthy's cause was boosted a bit in Minnesota and California as well. In his home state, McCarthy surprisingly was assured of 16 of Minnesota's 62 Democratic delegates during party precinct caucuses. In California, McCarthy partisans held midnight-to-dawn petition parties to sign on voters to validate his position on the state's June 4 primary ballot. Working all night, his supporters collected more than 28,000 signatures. Being first in with their petitions, they gained the top spot on the ballot for McCarthy-a considerable psychological advantage, since Johnson will be represented in California...
Hundreds of St. Paul, Minn., nuns along with thousands of other Democratic voters, turned out in unprecedented numbers to 3700 precinct caucuses Tuesday night to vote for McCarthy...
First off, she took to the streets, distributing cards printed with her name and hotel address to every policeman she saw. She also made a tour of precinct stations, explaining to all who would listen that she would pay $10 to $15 for each cape delivered to her hotel. When she caught wind of an anti-American rally outside the U.S. embassy, she sensed a windfall. She raced to the scene, handed out her cards-and by evening some 50 flics had marched into the hotel, capes in hand. The concierge collaborated willingly. "Whenever I was out and another batch...
...before the election, a panel of three federal judges heard the combined suits of Hatcher and the Government. Gary resident FBI Agent Donald Lotz testified that investigators had already discovered 1,096 "ghost" voters registered in 33 precincts. The most damaging testimony to the anti-Hatcher forces, however, came from a veteran Democratic precinct committeewoman who first confessed to LIFE Correspondent Bob Bradford, and then told her story...
Greying, matronly Marian Tokarski, 35, a party official for twelve years, testified at the trial that she had been instructed by Democratic workers to register fictitious voters in her all-white precinct in Glen Park. In all, testified Mrs. Tokarski, she added 51 fraudulent names to the registration rolls...