Kennedy election theft debated by scholars and historians
A Florida professor and another scholar weigh the 1960 race claims that Illinois Chicago machine politics stole the election for Kennedy. They discuss the Electoral College margin, Nixon’s narrow loss, and potential reforms to electoral voting methods.
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Grinnell College
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Nixon
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Hietala
Illinois
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Chicago
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Recount Prospects in Four More States Nabbed in Election Standoff
In New Mexico a Bernalillo County tally narrows Bush Gore gap to 119 with Gore leading after 253 ballots found in a locked county box. Oregon, Iowa, and Wisconsin also consider recounts as margins stay tight and procedural deadlines loom.
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Associated Press
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New Mexico
George W. Bush
al Gore
Gore
Albuquerque
Bernalillo County
Theresa Baca
Bernalillo
Ein
Oregon
Iowa
Bush
Congress set to reconvene for post election session
Congress plans an unusual post election session as the 106th Congress faces five funding bills for Education Commerce Labor Treasury Justice and State plus ongoing budget fights. Republicans push a budget truce extension while Democrats resist. Gephardt says finish by Thanksgiving. Clinton travels abroad delaying completion.
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Texas
al Gore
Clinton
Brunei
Vietnam
Elliot Diringer
East Iowa ministers avoid politics in sermons this weekend
Area pastors in Cedar Rapids Marion Iowa City and surrounding towns say they will skip politics in Sunday sermons but expect post service chatter on the election. They cite scripture urging obedience to government and prayer for leaders while noting human fallibility in leadership.
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Boller
Kasch
Stanley Wierson
First United Methodist Church
Marion
Jason McCoy
Vineyard Community Church
Iowa City
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