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Governors Move to Block Wallace Electoral Stalemate
Governors from both parties push for a written pact to back the national popular vote winner in the 1968 race if no candidate secures a majority in the Electoral College. The plan would be part of party platforms and could involve either supporting the overall vote winner or the popular vote plurality regardless of party.
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Walter R. Mears
Cincinnati
Ohio
Alabama
George C. Wallace
White House
Wallace
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
House of Representatives
Chafee
GOP
Romney
Michigan
Philip H. Hoff
Vermont
Hoff
United States
John J. McKeithen
Louisiana
Pee
George
Albert P. Brewer
Brewer
McKeithen
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Kennedy
Chicago
Massachusetts
McCarthy