[1] The system was ostensibly designed to function similarly to the Electoral College, but in practice the large ratio of unit votes for small, rural counties to unit votes for more populous urban areas provided outsized political influence to the smaller counties.

[4] Bodenhamer ran a "biblical segregationist" campaign[5] aligned with incumbent Governor Marvin Griffin, whom Vandiver had alienated during their term together.

[6] He opened his campaign by showing pictures of Vandiver between two Negro politicians and said, "Birds of a feather flock together.

[5] Lee Roy Abernathy, a gospel singer from Canton who frequently appeared on Atlanta television, also ran on a platform promising to diminish the powers of the governor and make monthly television reports to the people of Georgia.

[6] In the decisive county unit count, Vandiver won 400 out of 410 votes, with Bodenhamer winning the remaining ten.