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Mail-In Ballot Fraud Dates Back To Lincoln And The Civil War

In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was facing re-election in the midst of the Civil War. And he was running against his former Union Army general, George B. McClellan.

By Jane Swift1 min read
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The two men had different views on how to end the present war — Lincoln wanted to see it through and defeat the Confederacy, whereas McClellan wanted to negotiate peace.