A hundred and fifty years ago, a normal voting day in the United - TopicsExpress



          

A hundred and fifty years ago, a normal voting day in the United States included around 100 people dying in polling place riots around the country. Seriously. It happened every year, with such regularity that courts decided elections would still be considered valid so long as a man of ordinary courage could make it out to cast a ballot. Men wrote about heading off to do their civic duty after first strapping on their knives and guns. civilrights.org/resources/civilrights101/voting.html
Posted on: Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:48:59 +0000

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