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...York and Ann Richards of Texas have offered to participate in the special, and both Clinton and Bush have endorsed the project. And what about Ross Perot? He entered the race too late to be included in the already printed ballot -- but there's ample space for a write...
...primaries, Ross Perot pulled off another neat political trick that keeps him marching toward the White House without moving from his chair. In Oregon, exit polls showed that 13% of the Democrats and 15% of the Republicans took the extra trouble to write in his name. In Washington, where write-ins do not have to be certified until a week after the election, officials in tiny San Juan County were quickly able to come up with a tally that showed Perot beating both Bush and Clinton. Even more impressive than his write-in scores was Perot's strength...
...help in obtaining defense contracts. Among the companies seeking favors were Sperry (now Unisys), Grumman and United Chem-Con, a now defunct contractor based in Lancaster, Penn. McDade -- who ran unopposed for his party's renomination two weeks ago and won the Democratic nomination as well on a write-in vote -- denied the charges, saying the investigation had turned his life into "a living nightmare...
...supply is periodically replenished by write-in contests and the efforts of various adverstising agencies, although some are direct quotes from famous people (four from Benjamin Franklin, one each from Confucius, Thomas Edison and Ralph Waldo Emerson...
Many Republicans are not. The unfortunate truth is that the only way to let Bush know is to vote for Buchanan. There is no "none of the above" box you can check on the ballot, and few voters will actually follow through on a write-in campaign...