Re: Electoral tampering

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From: Lancelot appearing sideways
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 00:00

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"Kenneth Pangborn" <kenpangborn@earthlink.net> writes:

>     I can find NO example in American history of a candidate for President
> ever mounting a campaign to contact the electors for his opponent with an
> effort to persuade them to change their votes. It has never happened before
> as far as I can tell.
> 
>     Not only is the Gore campaign building an effort to persuade Republican
> electors to vote for Gore they have hired private investigators to look into
> the backgrounds of those electors.
> 
>     With all of the apologetics from the hard core Gore supporters, I wonder
> how many others are as troubled by what this portends for our republic and
> demcocracy as we know it?  Investigationg electors? Hmmm. To perhaps
> "PERSUADE" them to change their vote? To make them an offer they cannot
> possibly refuse?
> 
>     Not debateable, the info is in. Gore people ARE doing that. Win at ANY
> cost.

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From: Lancelot appearing sideways <sa-hill1@uchicago.edu>
Subject: Re: Electoral tampering
Date: 2000/11/17
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