The Republic of Texas
There has never been any way to go back and fully audit that last election to find out how many people actually voted for Lopez and Freemon, primarily due to the five states that destroyed their ballots. Virginia as an example registered one-third the number of votes as previous Presidential elections, and did not report how many ballots they shredded or deleted due to vandalism. Polling stations in the rural western areas of Virginia had historically low numbers, and even the cities reported a marked decrease in votes over previous years. The final tally was an amazing 95% of registered votes for the incumbent. Later studies concluded that more people actually cast votes than in the previous election, and most voted for the hometown hero Freemon. Estimates and studies of elections in the other four States show similar discrepancies, and of course we have been able to study the ballots in the other elections. Lopez and Freemon would not have won most of them by any measure. They were not bastions of their party or creed, but had the votes for them been registered in the final results most political historians believe they would have won enough States to secure victory against the man who spearheaded their Impeachments. The voters of the time certainly believed so, and there was much protesting when he announced his overwhelming win.
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