it was known that eugene talmadge was sick. they thought there was a possibility he would not make it. so they deployed people right into herman town. but at that point, there is no republican on the ballot, there is only talmadge. so who comes in second? herman, with a small number of write-in ballots. so he claims it. this creates a real crisis in georgia. ultimately, the powers that be, all these parties, negotiated and decided the only way to solve this is a do over. let's have another election in 1948. so it is the 1948 election that will be the focus, with isaiah nixon. as we know, like snipes, he too was killed for voting. closing out here, as you dig into this case, and you say, ok, who was isaiah nixon? and you think about what you know, what you read, even in high school, and maybe read "invisible man" by ralph ellison, maybe you read other literature, whether fiction or nonfiction, about the subservient role that whites treated blacks with, sort of not knowing they were there. and understand that most of these men an

disenfranchisement of blacks in , and had soction many cases that they were considering indicting eugene talmadge. thenhe governor elect and state of georgia for disenfranchising blacks. one man was the only black man in taylor county to vote, and he was killed shortly after. ge, as governor elect, escaped indictment. how did he do this? because you will never guess this one. he died, ok? mage died before he was able to take office. it unleashed this remarkable period of georgia history where three men claimed to be governor at the same time. governor, who really by some standards back then had a very progressive reputation, ellis arnold. sitting i am the governor, i am just going to stay here and hold onto this. elect,utenant governor ballot withadge's him, and gets elected lieutenant governor, says, wait a second, i am the next person -- by the first electione in georgia history where there was a lieutenant governor candidate. they had never had one. this is all new to them. -- he saidt his name , no, i am the governor because the governor who was elected died, and i am due to the governor. her