OFF TOPIC: Re: [Ham-Mac] Mac OS Votes Adjusted

[Steve Muncy]

NO...NO....NO CHRIS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY WRONG!

As a life-long Texas resident, and student of Texas history, perhaps I 
can shed more lite on the subject.

The ballot boxes you refer to WERE NOT in the 1960 election, but were 
involved Johnson's first Senate race against Texas Governor Coke 
Stevenson. During that election, both candidates adopted a new method 
of campaigning....that is, putting ballot boxes in a warm, moist place 
allowing the ballots to grow. Coke Stevenson actually had some 
precincts in which the ballot boxes grew well beyond the number of 
registered voters in that precinct. This method was extremely common in 
that election, was used by  both sides, and was very mild compared  to 
the methods used in Louisiana. Basically, the race was really to see 
who could steal the most votes. LBJ stole about 300 votes move votes 
than Stevenson and gained the nickname 'Landslide Lyndon.'

Regarding questions about the 'Texas  method' related to 
executions..... we  no longer use the rope because it messes up the 
rope. The gun is used only when we want to avoid a trial (frequently)  
and now that it is legal to carry concealed firearms this may increase. 
We no longer use the gas chamber since it was too expensive given the 
number of  executions in Texas - we now use legal injection and recycle 
the needles.



On Saturday, Aug 16, 2003, at 05:59 US/Central, Chris Smolinski wrote:

> You discard the ballot boxes that are most likely to contain more 
> votes for your opponent than yourself. Widely used in Texas in 1960. 
> Several later turned up...
>
>
>> In Arizona we've recalled governors, but I'm not familiar
>> with the Texas Method?
>>
>> Sounds like it would involve either:
>> -a rope
>> -a gun
>> -a gas chamber
>>
>> Please explain.
>>
>> On Friday, August 15, 2003, at 09:49 PM, Chris Smolinski wrote:
>>> The final Mac vote was 8.1%. Not a bad showing. I never got a reply 
>>> explaining exactly what criteria was used to "adjust" the votes. I 
>>> presume it is the "Texas Method" that LBJ pioneered. ;-)
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