Workers will pick up people at their homes, drive them to the polling places, and offer them cash to vote the right way, and drive them back home. Mountain people are people that keep their word. Absentee voting is another powerful way of gathering votes. The person places their signature on the ballot and sells it to the highest bidder. The person then goes home with the cash and stays out of sight on Election Day.
Some candidates resort to blackmail to get votes.
They will study the tax records for the county, making note of who is behind in their property taxes. They offer to pay the back taxes in order to obtain votes. Likewise, they threaten to take the land if the deal doesn't go the right way. Many favors are granted during elections. People will get a nice pay raise or even a new job for promising to vote the right way.