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Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part One: Let's Jump Off The Train

Ridiculous History

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The Depths of Corrupt Politics in America

Cooping is the answer to every local corrupt political official or campaign member who says, I need all these votes and I don't have enough people. So what I should do is get people really drunk to the point of alcohol poisoning and and kidnap them,. Then make them change costumes and vote repeatedly and put on this wig. Yeah, it was literally a wig folks and then throw them into the gutter when they were physically incapable of walking to the pole the next time. And in fact, I'm almost positive we did do an episode about that with Edgar Allan Poe.

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