Word: precincts
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...However, I believe that even such simple operations as the organization of precinct clubs or the like or active participation in political meetings would be in violation of the law. Lending of one's name to committees in support of a political candidate is at least on the border line and may well cross...
...support and loyalty of the candidate. His campaign tour, hitting the West first, striking at the East and New England in late October, was laid out. "Go back to your states," said he, "and have meetings with your county leaders. Then get them to have similar meetings with precinct workers. I have received fine reports from various parts of the country of tremendous enthusiasm and interest. But that is not enough. There must be organization in nation, State, county and precinct...
...Taft, are constantly surprised when he shows up on top in political scrimmages. What such wisemen do not realize is the depth, solidity and range of Bob Taft's political machine-shop background. As speaker of the Ohio Legislature's House, as a State Senator, as a precinct worker all the way up from doorbell-pulling, he long since graduated from one of the toughest political schools in the country - Ohio politics...
...leaders saw their chance to improve the condition of Miami's ramshackle, malodorous Negro section on the city's east side. They stirred up such interest in the commission primary that election officials provided two extra, segregated voting machines in the chief Negro polling place, the fifth precinct fire station. Evening before primary day, certain white citizens took other precautions...
...master horseshoer in Manhattan. To profit by shoeing police and fire horses, he had to be close to the Tammany machine. His shop was a hangout for neighborhood politicians and young Jimmy, who at 14 quit eighth grade to start working in the shop, soon learned about precinct politics...