Not the democrats 1st rodeo by almost 3/4 of a century:
The Box 13 scandal was an event which occurred in Alice, TX during the Senate election of 1948. Lyndon B. Johnson was on the verge of losing the election to Coke Stevenson. 6 days after polls had closed, 202 additional ballots were discovered in Precinct 13, which were in Johnson's favor. Stevenson was about 854 votes ahead of Johnson during the run-off. Stevenson was still ahead by midday, but after the discovery of the additional ballots, 200 additional votes for Johnson were discovered, leading to his victory by 87 votes out of 1 million voters.
Harry Lee Adams became suspicious & began to investigate. Adams noticed that the last 200 ballots were different from the rest. The color ink & handwriting used on the tally sheet appeared to be identical, & they had been cast in alphabetical order. Adams was friends with a judge & started an official investigation with him. Johnson had Abe Fortas, a friend of his, help with legal strategy during this investigation. The investigation centered around whether or not Johnson had his friend George Parr, a member of the Democratic party in Texas, help him falsify ballots.
The investigation eventually reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court Justice, Hugo Black, ruled that the federal government was not allowed to get involved with a state election. This ruling won Johnson the election, despite allegations of Johnson speaking with George Parr, in South Texas that day, resulting in box 13 having 200 missing ballots.
