"Women Voters to Sponsor Debates", August 31, 1976

1976-08-31

1970-1979

The Federal Election Commission authorized the League of Women Voters to sponsor the proposed presidential campaign debates between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford, which are expected to cost $150,000 each and start about the third week in September, but there remains a question regarding the role of independent candidates like conservative Lister Maddox and liberal Eugene McCarthy, who have indicated they will go to court if necessary to force the networks to give them equal time with the two major candidates. 1 page.

Voter registration
Political science
African Americans--Civil rights
African American civil rights workers
African American women

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