Christiansen was also a former mathematics instructor at Tulane University in New Orleans . He was a delegate to the 1972 Republican National Convention in Miami Beach , Florida . In the campaign against Fowler , Christiansen proposed that modern electronic voting devices be adopted to replace what he called " bulky , heavy , cumbersome , cantankerous " voting machines in use since the administration of Governor Robert F. Kennon . Voting machines , often called " Shoup machines " for their inventor , '' ' Ransom Shoup ' '' , were used in some of the more populous parishes , including East Baton Rouge , Caddo ( Shreveport ) and Calcasieu ( Lake Charles ) prior to the Kennon administration , but it was Kennon who pushed for electronic machines in all precincts
1972 Republican National Convention
1972 Republican National Convention
Douglas Fowler