| Not in Greece, dear Reader, nor in Ohio, but in the Athens situated in Tennessee did the exciting and pertinent events take place. |
[PowderedWigSociety] Considering recent events of what appears to be obvious election fraud in Palm Beach and Broward Counties, Florida, and likely in Arizona, as well, and the mysterious "finding" or fabricating of ballots well after the elections are over, with the appearance of rigging those elections for favored Democrat candidates, I found this near identical history lesson of local officials in eastern Tennessee in 1946 attempting to hijack elections to remain in power and the response of the local citizenry determined to prevent it.
Shortly after the end of WWII, in Athens, Tennessee, located just off I-75, roughly halfway between Knoxville and Chattanooga, the local government was controlled by corrupt Democrat politicians, especially local law enforcement leaders, who appointed like-minded corrupt deputies and cronies to enforce the will of the local Democrat leaders.
Since the Civil War, Athens and McMinn County had elected Republicans exclusively, until 1936 when a local Democrat, Paul Cantrell, from a wealthy family, was elected sheriff. It was believed that Cantrell won the election by having the ballot boxes switched prior to counting.
And thus the crap hit the fan. |