page_title: Dodge County, Georgia Vote Buying
hierarchical_section_title: Dodge County, Georgia Vote Buying
caption_attribution_description: English: Dodge County Courthouse This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 80001012 More images
context_page_description: Dodge County, Georgia is a county situated in the heart of Georgia. The county seat of Dodge County is Eastman. For decades, it was rumored that Dodge County had severely scandalous politicians. Due to the fact that vote buying was a known rural tradition, the situation stayed relatively low-key until the 1990s. Vote buying has been known to happen in obvious ways, but few situations have ever been as blatant as incidences in Dodge County. There were several stories of individuals selling votes in public places such as the Dodge County Courthouse. This is a practice that would be inconceivable to most Americans. However, this had become everyday life for the voters and politicians in the rural south Georgia area.
  There were many different forms of voter fraud that were intertwined with the actual buying of votes that was taking place. There were several claims of convicted criminals casting ballots, which is illegal. Some voters were believed to have claimed that they were illiterate or physically disabled, when in fact they were making these claims so that campaign staff could go into the polling booth with them.
context_section_description: Dodge County, Georgia is a county situated in the heart of Georgia. The county seat of Dodge County is Eastman. For decades, it was rumored that Dodge County had severely scandalous politicians. Due to the fact that vote buying was a known rural tradition, the situation stayed relatively low-key until the 1990s. Vote buying has been known to happen in obvious ways, but few situations have ever been as blatant as incidences in Dodge County. There were several stories of individuals selling votes in public places such as the Dodge County Courthouse. This is a practice that would be inconceivable to most Americans. However, this had become everyday life for the voters and politicians in the rural south Georgia area.
  There were many different forms of voter fraud that were intertwined with the actual buying of votes that was taking place. There were several claims of convicted criminals casting ballots, which is illegal. Some voters were believed to have claimed that they were illiterate or physically disabled, when in fact they were making these claims so that campaign staff could go into the polling booth with them. These are just a few of the rumors and convictions that have been made over the past 20–30 years.
caption: Dodge County Courthouse
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