Behind the Scenes Maneuvering in Electoral College Fight
As the nation votes, leaders consider back room strategies if no candidate clears 270 electoral votes. Nixon Humphrey and Wallace dispute how to proceed if the popular vote does not yield a decisive winner. Electors meet December 16 to cast state totals. The next hurdle could shift to the new House of Representatives.
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LeMay
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Ane Drew Jackson
William Crawford
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Dixville Notch Breaks Tradition Votes Nixon
Dixville Notch New Hampshire votes twelve residents as officials open polling after midnight with eight for Nixon and four for Humphrey. Elsworth follows Republican line with eleven voters casting ballots, while local lore notes Coos County’s long pattern of voting for the eventual winner.
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Dixville Notch
Hubert H. Humphreys
Richard M. Nixon
Elsworth
White Mountains
Nixon
Nil Tillotson
New Hampshire
Coos County
Coos
Norman Greene
Greene
Man
Nixon Sweeps Michigan Village Early Vote
In Pointe Aux Barques Michigan all 12 voters cast ballots for Richard M. Nixon. The tiny farming community in Huron County, first to vote in Michigan, previously backed Barry Goldwater by 11 to 1 in 1964 over Lyndon B. Johnson. Residents cast ballots before heading to work.
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Pointe Aux Boarques
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Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon B. Johnson
Michigan
Collins Answers Hudson on Referendum Petition Percent
Collins counters Hudson by explaining the petition threshold for public referendums in Maryland. He notes the 3 percent Governor vote rule applies only to Charter Counties, mentions Frederick County is non charter, and cites the Frederick County Government Study Commission on Code Home Rule procedures.
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Lord Baltimore
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Baltimore County
Richard Hudson
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