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My Most Important Election Was Clean Not Just Wary
Perry Swisher recalls Idaho political battles from 1942 to 1974 with Ells of ballot tampering stories. He details pals who urged him to challenge Alameda 3 voting results and recounts how machines and ballots shaped outcomes in Bannock County and beyond.
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Perry Swisher
Lewiston Morning Tribune
Jim Wells
Texas
Idaho
Louis Salas
Lyndon
Johnson
Bannock
Pocatello
Wendell Willkie
Willkie
Franklin Roosevelt
Bannock County
Earl
Arimo
Pocatello Army Air Base
Morrison-Knudsen Co
Pocatello Municipal Airport
Republican
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
Alameda
Alameda 3
Cook County
Chicago
Big Bill Thompson
Richard Daly
House
Senate
Swisher
Nis
Paris
Chase
Clark
A. Bottolfsen
Chirk
U.S
Pitney
Franklin County
Utah
Preston
Bottolfsen Clark
Bottolfsen
Franklin
Bott
Glen Taylor
U.S. Senate
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Taylor
Boise
Frank Church
Henry
Soda Springs
Grace
Grace Bar
Pocatello Railroad
Election Central
Nosirree