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 | | In the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary, his supporters had systematically challenged the qualifications of fl voters and purged them from electoral rolls. |
 | | moderate Democrat James V. Carmichael, supported by Governor Ellis Arnall (who had previously defeated Talmadge and was prevented by the state constitution from a succeeding term), won the popular vote over Talmadge by 313,389 to 297,245 votes. |
 | | Owing to the county unit system that gave disproportionate power to rural voters, and which would be abolished by the federal courts in 1963, however, Talmadge secured victory by winning the county unit vote 242 to 146. |
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