Word: recounter
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Matter of Principle. In Ardmore, Okla., a recount of votes in a state runoff election turned up the ballot of a Carter County voter who, instead of marking an "x" beside one of the candidates' names, had written "phooey" beside both...
Oklahoma. Candidate William O. Coe felt there was something fishy about the way Johnston Murray, Alfalfa Bill's son, defeated him in the Democratic gubernatorial primary run-off by only 1,009 votes. So he demanded a recount. The recount gave him only 47 added votes - which cost him, since he had to pay expenses of $16,625, about $353.72 apiece...
...picture opens with the camera poking among the abused remnants of a wedding reception-empty bottles, broken glasses, cigarette butts-and finally settling on the most pathetic: the father (Spencer Tracy) of the bride (Actress Taylor). Tracy, slumped in an armchair, massages a stockinged foot and begins to recount the events leading up to the disaster. Then, with his wry comments as counterpoint on the soundtrack, the movie takes up the account in flashback...
...want to know why the first recount, which resulted in the omission of Brynteson from the Permanent Class Committee was not considered sufficient and why Burke insisted that another be taken...
...want to know why the group of candidates and representatives of candidates (also a few others) considered that the second recount which resulted in the omission of Carter from the Permanent Class Committee was sufficient...