Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-07
.hahoneyB Bid
For Other Vote
Counts Seen
Wants Rechecks
In Tolbot and
Calvert Counties
BY The Assoeiassd Press

CENTREvuLE, Md, July r.
The recount in Queen Annes
moved into its second day today
as George p. Mahoney prepared
to ask for similar proceedings in
Talbot and Calvert Counties in
his contest Of DR.. H. C. Byrd's
unofficial gubernatorial nominal
ton by Maryland Democrats.
With the headline for asking
additional recounts less that "a
hours away, there also was the
possibility DR.. Byrd would seek
them In four counties he lost by
slim margins in the June 28,
primary.
It took an entire day for the
Queen Annes election super
ViSorS to review ballots cast in
only one Of the county's l6 poll
ing places. Actually. they COM
pleted checking only one Of Is
ballot boxes.
Byrd's Margin Trimmed.
When they finished DR.. Byrd's
margin had been trimmed from
143-ll1 to 137-108 over Mr.. Ma
honey in the county's first cleo
ton district. Six Byrd ballots
and three for Mr.. Mahoney were
discarded for lack Of proper
markings.
Mr.. Mahoney's gain Of three
popular votes edged him a bit
closer 20 DR.. Byrd, who went into
the recount with a 53-vote lead
in Queen Annes. As in all coun-
ties and Baltimore City's six leg
islative districts. the candidate
who polls the most popular votes
gets the Subdivisions nominate
ing votes at the party conven-
Rtion later this month. .8
DR.. Byrd had 80 nominating
unit votes to Mr.. Mahoney's "a
going into the recount. In popu-
lar votes. which determine the
winner only IL the nominating
votes wind up in tie, DR.. Byrd.
had a Statewide lead of l63, 654s
to l61,143. These figures in
cluded unofficial returns from
Baltimore County and Baltimore
City and official figures from all
other counties. except where the
recounting is in progress.
Centers on 3 Counties. n
Mr.. Mahoney's recount STRAIT.
egg was aimed at stripping Dr.,
Byrd Of Queen Annes' three
nominating unit votes, Calvert's
three and Talbot's four.
DR.. Byrd planned similar
moves in Caroline and Kent.
which have three unit votes each.
and in Garrett and Worcester.
four each. He also contemplated
court action to wipe out Mr..
Mahoney's unofficial victory in
the Baltimore 5th district, where
his supporters charged 20 voting
machines had been rugged
against him.
Both DR.. Byrd and Mr.. Ma
honey were in the Queen Annes
Courthouse when the recounting
got under way yesterday.
Attorney Lyman FRESHMAN OF
Baltimore. representing Mr.. Ma
honey. and DR.. Byrd's lawyer,
former Court Of Appeals Judge
William C. Walsh OF Cumber-
land, examined every ballot cast
for the opposing side. These
close examinations often lasted
as long as two minutes, with the
supervisors In most cases de-
nying the challenger.
Recount Continues.
] At one point Mr.. FRESHMAN
asked that the entire LIST dis
trict vote be thrown out on
grounds a person who acted as
a substitute judge at the polling
place had not been sworn in.
The board of election supervisors
ordered that the recount be con-
tinued.
Mr.. FRESHMAN also sought to
have a Mahoney guard posted
over the ballots. which have been
under the vigilance of a deputy
sheriff since last week.
In still another move he asked
Circuit Judge William r. Horney
| to have all unused ballots from
the 1St District impounded. He
commended proper procedure had
been violated by sending 410
ballots to officials in the districts.
The law calls for shipment Of
only 381-the number of regis
tered voters-plus a 10 per cent
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