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by snomad 1701 days ago
The democratic party famously screwed over VP Wallace in a highly rigged convention (so power leaders could get relative neophyte Truman in)

Rumors are the mob delivered the election for Kennedy; even those historians who argue otherwise essentially characterize it as the democratic party stealing the election "An order from the mob to work for Kennedy only insured a total Chicago effort of the kind that historically had been known to work miracles in the early-morning hours of vote counting"

Lyndon Johnson famously stole his 1948 senate election

Democrats were plenty happy to use vote harvesting to take Orange County, Ca while arguing against it in Georgia (2018).

[ed] And a new one just hitting news today, https://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/10/13/marie-beren-voter-...

I would respectfully disagree with your assertion this is a one party issue

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Correct, I had meant to say in recent history (the 90s- now) rather than 70 years ago.