5stringJeff
Senior Member
The Constitution guarantees a republican form of government, which this city is refusing. The feds have a clear mandate to step in and regulate.
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Voting Coercion Charges Fly in Calif. City
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writer
VERNON, Calif. - It took a judge's order to force the first local election in 25 years in this industrial city, and it was a contest filled with allegations of intimidation, harassment and undercover surveillance.
And it wasn't over when the polls closed, either.
On Tuesday night, a clerk promptly carried a metal ballot box into the City Council chamber and announced he would not count the votes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_on_el_st_lo/disputed_election_5
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Voting Coercion Charges Fly in Calif. City
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, Associated Press Writer
VERNON, Calif. - It took a judge's order to force the first local election in 25 years in this industrial city, and it was a contest filled with allegations of intimidation, harassment and undercover surveillance.
And it wasn't over when the polls closed, either.
On Tuesday night, a clerk promptly carried a metal ballot box into the City Council chamber and announced he would not count the votes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060413/ap_on_el_st_lo/disputed_election_5