Jimmy Carter

Georgetown was the only post office in the United States, for instance, where all the welfare checks came to the same post office box. And he and his wife would personally deliver the welfare checks to families that they decided should be on welfare. One of the prerequisites for getting welfare payment was to vote the way George Hearst told them.

Georgetown was the only post office in the United States, for instance, where all the welfare checks came to the same post office box. And he and his wife would personally deliver the welfare checks to families that they decided should be on welfare. One of the prerequisites for getting welfare payment was to vote the way George Hearst told them.

Georgetown was the only post office in the United States, for instance, where all the welfare checks came to the same post office box. And he and his wife would personally deliver the welfare checks to families that they decided should be on welfare. One of the prerequisites for getting welfare payment was to vote the way George Hearst told them.

Everyone who voted in my election in that little town voted on an open table in front of Joe Hearst and one of his henchmen, whose name was Doc Hammond. Joe Hearst watched them vote.

Everyone who voted in my election in that little town voted on an open table in front of Joe Hearst and one of his henchmen, whose name was Doc Hammond. Joe Hearst watched them vote.

Everyone who voted in my election in that little town voted on an open table in front of Joe Hearst and one of his henchmen, whose name was Doc Hammond. Joe Hearst watched them vote.

They put their ballots in a large whiskey box, a pasteboard box with a five-inch hole in the top, and quite often I watched Joe Hearst reach in, pull out the ballots, examine them, even change them when he wanted to, and put in ballots of his own. It was literally incredible. And he was so powerful... that he was impervious to criticism he didn't even care if i saw him cheating

They put their ballots in a large whiskey box, a pasteboard box with a five-inch hole in the top, and quite often I watched Joe Hearst reach in, pull out the ballots, examine them, even change them when he wanted to, and put in ballots of his own. It was literally incredible. And he was so powerful... that he was impervious to criticism he didn't even care if i saw him cheating

They put their ballots in a large whiskey box, a pasteboard box with a five-inch hole in the top, and quite often I watched Joe Hearst reach in, pull out the ballots, examine them, even change them when he wanted to, and put in ballots of his own. It was literally incredible. And he was so powerful... that he was impervious to criticism he didn't even care if i saw him cheating

He had control of a district attorney. He had control of a trial judge. He had been indicted eight times on felony charges, convicted four times, but never served a day in jail or paid $1 in fine. He was so powerful, it was unbelievable to me. And so I had that to challenge, and many of the people in that little county were intimidated by Hearst.

He had control of a district attorney. He had control of a trial judge. He had been indicted eight times on felony charges, convicted four times, but never served a day in jail or paid $1 in fine. He was so powerful, it was unbelievable to me. And so I had that to challenge, and many of the people in that little county were intimidated by Hearst.

He had control of a district attorney. He had control of a trial judge. He had been indicted eight times on felony charges, convicted four times, but never served a day in jail or paid $1 in fine. He was so powerful, it was unbelievable to me. And so I had that to challenge, and many of the people in that little county were intimidated by Hearst.

The crucial base of his operation was the county unit system. One vote in Georgetown... was equal to 99 votes in Atlanta. And this was all legal. It was perfectly legal until the one-man, one-vote ruling came down.

The crucial base of his operation was the county unit system. One vote in Georgetown... was equal to 99 votes in Atlanta. And this was all legal. It was perfectly legal until the one-man, one-vote ruling came down.

The crucial base of his operation was the county unit system. One vote in Georgetown... was equal to 99 votes in Atlanta. And this was all legal. It was perfectly legal until the one-man, one-vote ruling came down.

Well, I think a lot of publicity had accrued. I couldn't get any publicity at all at first. The local newspapers, even in Columbus, Georgia, which is a fairly good-sized town, were kind of in bed with Joe Hearst, or they had seen him do this so long that they thought it was maybe acceptable or wasn't really a newsworthy item until there was one very

Well, I think a lot of publicity had accrued. I couldn't get any publicity at all at first. The local newspapers, even in Columbus, Georgia, which is a fairly good-sized town, were kind of in bed with Joe Hearst, or they had seen him do this so long that they thought it was maybe acceptable or wasn't really a newsworthy item until there was one very

Well, I think a lot of publicity had accrued. I couldn't get any publicity at all at first. The local newspapers, even in Columbus, Georgia, which is a fairly good-sized town, were kind of in bed with Joe Hearst, or they had seen him do this so long that they thought it was maybe acceptable or wasn't really a newsworthy item until there was one very

heroic reporter from the Atlanta Journal named John Pennington, who came down quite skeptical at first about my allegations. And he, on his own initiative, went into Quitman County, got some old records, interviewed Joe Hurst and all the other people, and found out that my accusations were true.

heroic reporter from the Atlanta Journal named John Pennington, who came down quite skeptical at first about my allegations. And he, on his own initiative, went into Quitman County, got some old records, interviewed Joe Hurst and all the other people, and found out that my accusations were true.