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Vigilantes at the polls were a threat in the 19th century, too, but the laws put in place then may not work in 2022

  • Written by Kristin Kanthak, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh
Vigilantes at the polls were a threat in the 19th century, too, but the laws put in place then may not work in 2022State laws dictate how far away campaign signs and workers need to be from polling places. AP Photo/Eric Gay

Author Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th-century master of American macabre fiction, may have died of dirty politics. According to legend, a gang of party “poll hustlers” kidnapped and drugged him. They forced him to vote, then abandoned...

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