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Vote System Lobbying Delays IBM Contract Approval
County Supervisor Burton W. Chace delays adopting a nine point IBM automatic voting system contract amid intense lobbying from loser's firms and congressional pressure. Debs, Holifield, and Brown urge delay. Hahn absent on a Navy trip. The committee backed IBM, but a 2-2 vote stalls action until September amid tension over precinct consolidation and lobbying influence.
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Burton W. Chace
Ernest E. Debs
Washington, D.C
TBM
Chace
Kenneth Kahn
Beccuse Hahn
Hahn
Honolulu
Navy
IBM
California
Los Angeles
Debs
Chet Holifield
George Brown
Monterey Park
Frank Bonelli
Sacramento
Washington
Warren Dorn