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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller won the Massachusetts Republican Primary over Gov. John A. Volpe with 30,773 write-in votes. Volpe received 29,545 votes...
Governor John A. Volpe, running as the favorite son, had gained only 28,432 Republican votes by 11:45 as compared to Rockefeller's 19,502 and Richard M. Nixon's 15,821 write-in votes...
McCarthy and Volpe automatically win first-ballot convention support from the state's convention delegates. The percentage of write-in votes that other candidates receive will not be especially indicative. Write-in voting on machines is a cumbersome process that sometimes discourages voters. Many voters don't even know that machine write-ins are possible...
Voters wishing to write-in will have an easier time in towns, many of which still use paper ballots. But polling in the state's cities, where the largest turnout is expected, is mechanized...
Supporters of Socialist Workers Party candidate Fred Halstead are organizing a write-in on the urban question, asking for black control of ghetto areas. Halstead is on the ballot...