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Newspaper
Butler Herald
Location
Butler, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
4
Official Taylor County publication urges voters to be vigilant for the upcoming Tuesday election. Editor Benns Jr and Publisher Cox remind readers that voting matters from the President down to state and county officials and encourage careful casting of ballots.
From Rochester New York, 111 year old James A Hard registers to vote after an ambulance trip from his nursing home He says he will back Dwight Eisenhower and that he cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 having voted in more than 80 elections.
The piece notes five Deep South states Virginia Florida South Carolina Louisiana and Texas are doubtful for Democrats with Eisenhower making inroads in some. It highlights a rare Republican surge in the Deep South and predicts campaigning into these states before Tuesday. It also comments on Georgia’s finances and broad political fatigue.
The article recalls Mrs. L G Hardman wife of Georgia's governor in the early 1900s. It notes she received numerous calls at the governor's mansion and began a weekly open house entertaining formal and informal guests from nearby and distant states.
A proposed Georgia constitutional amendment seeks to require all political parties to hold state wide primaries for major offices and to use county unit votes to select nominees for the general election. If a second primary is needed, it would be held statewide with rules for tie situations and armed forces voting. The measure, approved by the General Assembly, awaits voter ratification in 1952.
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