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November 14, 1838
Danbury Times
Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut
What is this article about?
The Mayor of Lipsheim in France's Lower Rhine department was tried and convicted of election fraud for inventing a rigged ballot box with a double bottom to hide genuine votes and count only his fictitious ones, resulting in civic degradation penalty.
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Deceptive Ballot Box.
The Mayor of Lipsheim (in the department of the Lower Rhine) was recently tried, found guilty, and condemned to the penalty of "degradation civique," in consequence of too successfully tasking his inventive powers. He had invented and constructed a ballot box, with a double bottom, in which he was in the habit of putting fictitious bulletins, or votes, prepared by himself. When the voters had deposited their Bulletins, the touching of a spring caused the false bottom to fly up and conceal the genuine ones, leaving only those that were fictitious to be counted! This trick is, it must be admitted, considerably in advance of either the ingenuity or the rascality of the New World.
The Mayor of Lipsheim (in the department of the Lower Rhine) was recently tried, found guilty, and condemned to the penalty of "degradation civique," in consequence of too successfully tasking his inventive powers. He had invented and constructed a ballot box, with a double bottom, in which he was in the habit of putting fictitious bulletins, or votes, prepared by himself. When the voters had deposited their Bulletins, the touching of a spring caused the false bottom to fly up and conceal the genuine ones, leaving only those that were fictitious to be counted! This trick is, it must be admitted, considerably in advance of either the ingenuity or the rascality of the New World.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
What keywords are associated?
Election Fraud
Ballot Box
Lipsheim Mayor
Lower Rhine
Degradation Civique
What entities or persons were involved?
Mayor Of Lipsheim
Where did it happen?
Lipsheim (Lower Rhine Department)
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Lipsheim (Lower Rhine Department)
Event Date
Recently
Key Persons
Mayor Of Lipsheim
Outcome
condemned to the penalty of "degradation civique"
Event Details
The Mayor invented and used a ballot box with a double bottom to insert fictitious votes and conceal genuine ones by activating a spring, leading to his trial, guilty verdict, and civic degradation penalty.