When Voting was Fun
Historian Mark Summers tells 19th Century History Guy Ed Ayers about voting in the days before the secret ballot, when party came before the man, and vote-buying, intimidation and 112% voter turnout were par for the course.
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Excerpted from: Early and Often: Voting in America
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[...] When Voting was Fun! Historian Mark Summers tells 19th Century History Guy Ed Ayers about voting in the days before the secret ballot, when party came before the man, and vote-buying, intimidation and 112% voter turnout were par for the course. [...]
Quote -- September 22, 2010 @ 10:14 am
