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MARYLAND HISTORICAL MAGAzINE
°Far 'SiateCamfrtralier.
TTIOS.3 J. KEATING,
Far Mh'eirit(' of Baliimar~ City.
SAMUEL w.; PIERCE,
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For Sinrrv'eyor' of Ba1tAinore Cit~y
Why. T. AAF[t~TY. ..,in
Fad tie iiause of, 10 ~>tifAtes~;
FIGURE 4. A ticket of the Workingmen's Party with regular comptroller
nominee G. Ellis Porter "knifed"
and replaced by Democratic nominee Thomas Keating. (Maryland Historical
Society. Photo: Jeff Goldman.)
to reveal their tickets before being allowed to reach the voting window.
Receiving
party tickets in such an atmosphere, the voter often had little or no time
to
examine his ballot before being hustled to the window. Certainly he rarely
had an
opportunity to alter the ballot received and vote a split ticket by
crossing out the
name of an unacceptable candidate and substituting that of a more agreeable
one in
his place. 9
One other way that party leaders mobilized a full vote for their party
under these
conditions involved vote-buying. The use of party tickets and the lack of
secrecy
insured that a purchased vote was delivered, and the buyer might also
accompany
the seller to the voting window to observe him submit the ticket. Party
officials
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