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DELGATE VOTES
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There has been some concern expressed by various
factions of the Texas Democratic Party that with 3 of the
7 national committee seats vacant...the upcoming Texas
vote on Senator George McGovern's vice-presidential
luuninur y not be trily representative of the state'sdemocratic voters.
Senator
Mrs. Emma Long...a supporter ofjrubert Humpreby...
has urged delegation chairmajDol h Briscoe to call a
meeting of the 130 delegates to fill the vacancies.
Today, Briscoe said there is no need for such a
meeting...and Texas will get a full vote percentagedespite the empty chairs/
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riscoe said he feels
the state Democratic convention in Houston next September
is the place and the time for national committee-member
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Delegate votes], script, August 4, 1972, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1544618/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.