NEW YORK NOTES : Getting Out the Vote
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Like students cramming for final exams, the heads of all the delegations met in Madison Square Garden to practice voting before the real balloting begins. Votes are cast by touching the glass on a computer screen located in each delegation on the floor, but in case of trouble during the vital balloting, a special red hot line has been installed. The phones are connected to operators backstage trained by the Democratic National Committee to deal with computer problems.
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