Word: cardless
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...portion of the electorate was disfranchised, because voters had to present as many as 16 documents to get cards entitling them to ballots. On election day 11,000 cardless citizens braved Communist thug lines surrounding the U.S. Military Mission headquarters to sign charges that they had been denied the right to vote. Yet some voters displayed fistfuls of cards. One Communist showed me 47-two for himself, three for his wife, 42 for distribution to trusted friends...