“Regarding cemetery votes in Illinois, a wit once commented that the machine votes in Chicago should about be balanced out ...”
That’s an interesting comment. I lived in Chicago as a youngster and read the Trib and the Daily News every day. Later I lived in other cities and have always read the daily paper. I don’t recall ever hearing of shenanigans by Republicans - does it exist? Maybe, but I’ve never seen it reported and most newspapers, Chgo and otherwise, are reliable mouthpieces for the Democrat Party. This makes me think you’re blowing smoke or are just woefully mistaken.
“reliable mouthpieces for the Democrat Party.” The area I was referring to was the stretch betweenHamilton County and Cairo. Do they have any real papers that far south, and do you know if they are Democrat?