tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post4965621630483302698..comments2023-12-20T08:04:58.971-08:00Comments on The Silver Rush Mysteries: The Voice of the People by Guest Author Camille MinichinoAnn Parkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13177732952658080784noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-1203456340843842672018-07-05T09:06:15.491-07:002018-07-05T09:06:15.491-07:00Besides flag waving, Ann and I were waving LDDV co...Besides flag waving, Ann and I were waving LDDV copies at a gathering yesterday. Sending out buy links today! It's amazing how the topic resonates, bring back memories and inspiring action today.Camille Minichinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701150885595400018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-82931017195271048552018-07-04T13:22:46.197-07:002018-07-04T13:22:46.197-07:00Ann and Camille, thank you both so much for contri...Ann and Camille, thank you both so much for contributing stories to Low Down Dirty Vote. One of my favorite memories is watching your faces as your sharp writer's minds turned over possible approaches to the theme--I could see geniuses at work. I'm lucky to know such talented writers!<br /><br />Camille, can you believe my dad was an ardent Nixon supporter, right up until the day Nixon resigned. My mom disagreed, quietly but firmly. But mostly they didn't talk politics much at all. If I didn't look so much like them, I'd suspect I was adopted :)<br /><br />Here's hoping LDDV helps remind us all how important voting is! Mystihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07635298177146419014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-16148397888458508152018-07-04T12:21:41.585-07:002018-07-04T12:21:41.585-07:00Hi Liz, and YES hurray for secret ballots! Could y...Hi Liz, and YES hurray for secret ballots! Could you imagine folks shouting out their choices to the public at large in a polling station today?? Fisticuffs would ensue, I'm sure! Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-69042049853167244462018-07-04T10:46:48.779-07:002018-07-04T10:46:48.779-07:00Goodness! Long live secret ballots.
Last word was...Goodness! Long live secret ballots.<br /><br />Last word was "orders". Don't know why only part came through.Liznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-65925930711922714422018-07-04T09:56:08.651-07:002018-07-04T09:56:08.651-07:00Camille... Thank you so much for sharing your stor...Camille... Thank you so much for sharing your story, and your father's SS card. A metal card... wow! I wonder when they stopped giving those out...<br />Elections were also a BIG deal in our family, with lots of discussion at the dinner table about the issues of the day (especially when I was young). When I was little, it all seemed so "adult" and exciting. I couldn't wait to be old enough to vote!Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-42799891811967233802018-07-04T09:53:54.108-07:002018-07-04T09:53:54.108-07:00Hi Liz!
I'm glad you're seeing LDDV everyw...Hi Liz!<br />I'm glad you're seeing LDDV everywhere... :-) More to come, I believe!<br />I'm going to guess what you were musing about before your comment cut off... Or at least, add a little something extra here.<br />In the 19th century, voting was NOT secret. In the early part of the century, some areas voted in public, "by voice." They went to local polling places and, while standing in front of the election judges and whoever else was crowded around, called out their choices loud and clear. Elsewhere (and later) there were paper ballots (or voters wrote their choices on pieces of paper) and handed them to the judges. Again, no secret. Can't you just imagine a judge looking over the choices, raising his eyebrows, and saying, "Does your family know what you're doing?"<br />Hmmmm. Another premise for a historical short story, perhaps! ;-)Ann Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422047704540904303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4565536117447494278.post-84328187872858892812018-07-04T04:35:02.260-07:002018-07-04T04:35:02.260-07:00Certainly seeing Low Down everywhere--Rap Sheet, J...Certainly seeing Low Down everywhere--Rap Sheet, Jungle Reds and here.<br />I remember tagging along with my mom to the neighborhood polling place, in a neighbor's basement. I had to stay outside with the policeman.<br />Wonder how women voted on their secret ballot, despite o<br /><br />Liznoreply@blogger.com