EVERY STORY I PUT ON FB ARE TRUE;;SOME STORIES;;I LIKE TO ;;;SPICE UP;;;;BUT THE STORIES I TELL DID HAPPEN;;;I HAVE NEVER CLAIMED TO BE A SAINTBUT ,,YOU HAD TO LIVE IN RAYWICK;;;;TO APPRECIATE AND UNDERSTAND WHY THINGS HAPPENED;;;;THIS LEADS ME TO IN THE 1970s;;;;;IT WAS ELECTION YEAR,,MAY PRIMARY….A LOT OF LOCAL CHARACTERS WERE RUNNING FOR LOCAL OFFICES,,,THE RAYWICK VOTING AREA WAS AT THE STORE IN RAYWICK ..RUN BY A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE,,NAMED JOE….I RAN THE BAR ACROSS THE STREET,,,,,I DONT RECALL WHO WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN MARION COUNTY..BUT ME AND JOE KNEW WHO WE WANTED TO WIN;;;;;;BACK THEN RAYWICK [voting area] WAS LIKE MANY OTHER VOTING AREAS IN THE COUNTY…….WHISKEY AND PROMISES;;WERE A KEY FACTOR in ;;GETTING VOTES,,[maybe more then one vote]….THIS PARTICULAR ELECTION……..ME AND JOE PROMISED SOME BIG WHEELS IN MARION COUNTY,,,WE COULD SWING RAYWICKTHE WAY THEY WANTED IT,,,NO MONEY INVOLVED,,,JUST CLOUT,,,A DAY OR TWO BEFORE ANY ELECTION…THE VOTING BOOTHS WERE HAULED TO ALL THE VOTING PLACES;;[stores and public areas]…IN MARION COUNTY;; FOR THE ELECTIONS…THIS PARTICULAR MORNING;,,A HOUR OR SO BEFORE THE POLLS WERE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC;;;JOE CALLED ME UP TO COME TO THE STORE;;;THERE,,ME AND JOE WERE THE ONLY ONES IN HIS STORE,,WE OPENED THE BACK END OF THE VOTING MACHINE;;[and begin to play]…..WE ALSO HAD THE ;REGISTRATION; OF EVERYONE THAT WAS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN RAYWICK…..BUT THE KEY WAS,,,TO VOTE 15 OR 20 PEOPLE BEFORE THE PUBLIC WAS ALLOWED INSIDE THE STORE TO VOTE……BUT WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL…WHO WE VOTED……WE WAS LUCKY,,THE POLL OFFICERS NEVER CHECK THE VOTING MACHINE..,,,[before].. THEY WERE MOSTLY OLD LADIES,,FROM THE RIDGE ;;AND ALL THEY WANTED WERE THEIR 25 DOLLARS;;TO RUN THE VOTING MACHINE,,,,,,,ALL DAY…..AS ME AND JOE WAS GOING THROUGH THE REGISTRATION FORM;;NAME BY NAME;;WE SAW THIS ONE NAME OF A FRIEND OF OURS THAT HAD DIED A FEW WEEKS PRIOR THE ELECTION…..WE LOOKED AT EACH OTHER;;AND LAUGHED..BECAUSE WE NEW THE DECEASE PERSON WOULD HAVED LAUGH ALSO FOR WHAT WE WERE ABOUT TO DO;;;;SO WE VOTED THE ;;DEAD MAN;;;;;;IN FACT WE VOTED SEVERAL DEAD PEOPLE;;;[ABSENTEES] HA…..SO WE GOT DONE, AND 6am ARRIVED;;…..AND THE POLLS WERE OFFICIALLY OPENED……ABOUT 3 HOURS LATER;;; THE BROTHER OF THE DECEASE CAME IN TO VOTE;;;AND AS HE SIGNED THE REGISTRATION,,,HE SAW WHERE HIS BROTHER HAD SIGNED AND VOTED……HE LOOKED UP AT THE POLL OFFICERS AND WAS FIXING TO SAY SOMETHING;;;AND THAT WAS WHEN…JOE ,,QUICKLY INTERVENE…THE GUY LOOKED AT JOE AND SAID…WHAT THE F-----….JOE QUICKLY,,KICKED IN TO DAMAGE CONTROL….AFTER A QUICK INTERVENTION WITH THIS PERSON,,[brother of the decease]….JOE AND HIM BOTH SMILED AND STARTED LAUGHING….THE WOMEN THAT WERE THE POLL OFFICERS;;,,,NEVER HAD A CLUE…….SO THAT DAY ;;WE WON THE ELECTION…FOR WHO?????? I;LL NEVER TELL,,,,,,BUT ,IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN SERIOUS,,AND WE COULD HAVE ALL WENT TO JAIL;;TAMPERING WITH A VOTING BOOTH;;;;THE SHERIFF COULD HAVE LOCKED ME AND JOE BOTH UP;;IF WE WERE BUSTED….BUT WE WERE LUCKY,,,,DID I SAY [the sheriff that was running was a good friend of ours] OOPS
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