Comments on: The Messy History of Voting in America http://livelythought.com/the-messy-history-of-voting-in-america/ A Blog of Ideas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:31:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ann Ruby http://livelythought.com/the-messy-history-of-voting-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Ann Ruby Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:44:36 +0000 http://livelythought.com/?p=345#comment-303 When were ordinary Americans allowed to vote for the first time? In the beginning it was only the Electoral College. When were ordinary Americans allowed to vote for the first time? In the beginning it was only the Electoral College.

]]> By: Ken Hunt http://livelythought.com/the-messy-history-of-voting-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Ken Hunt Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:58:58 +0000 http://livelythought.com/?p=345#comment-25 Thanks for the comment Jeni. For one thing, it lead me to your blog, Newsbite, which looks great! Funny that you link to the London Free Press. Before going to school in London, I often wondered if illiterate people could put out a newspaper. The "Freeps" showed me it was possible! Thanks for the comment Jeni. For one thing, it lead me to your blog, Newsbite, which looks great!

Funny that you link to the London Free Press. Before going to school in London, I often wondered if illiterate people could put out a newspaper. The “Freeps” showed me it was possible!

]]> By: Jeni http://livelythought.com/the-messy-history-of-voting-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Jeni Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:48:15 +0000 http://livelythought.com/?p=345#comment-24 This post made me consider something I'd never thought of before, namely, how those are illiterate go about voting. Google led me to this, which answered most of my questions: http://www.lfpress.com/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=245255&s=fightingwords. This post made me consider something I’d never thought of before, namely, how those are illiterate go about voting. Google led me to this, which answered most of my questions: http://www.lfpress.com/perl-bin/publish.cgi?x=articles&p=245255&s=fightingwords.

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