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4_TN_TITANS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-28-06 11:55 AM
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Electronic voting errors this morning on Nashville news....
I'm shocked, I tell you.... shocked!!! :eyes:
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guruoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jul-31-06 10:55 PM
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1. 60 years ago, veterans took up arms on election day in Tennessee
Jul 31, 4:19 PM EDT

60 years ago, veterans took up arms on election day in Tennessee

By BILL POOVEY
Associated Press Writer

ATHENS, Tenn. (AP) -- If video of U.S. soldiers fighting in the name of democracy a world away isn't enough to inspire voters in an election year, Harold Powers thinks they should know about the day when GIs just back from war took up arms at home to make their votes count.

The "Battle of Athens" began Aug. 1, 1946, when veterans in the GI Non-Partisan League opened fire on the local jail to stop a courthouse ring from stealing an election.

The GI rallying cry: "Why fight overseas for freedom and come home and be denied the right to have your ballot counted?"

More:
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SOU_BATTLE_OF_ATHENS_TNOL-?SITE=TNCLA&SECTION=STATE&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
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H2O Donating Member (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-01-06 04:26 AM
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2. Stuffing the ballot box
I suppose this administration looked at this and said "go and do likewise"
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