Through the years, elections have become more and more important. Voting is where how some of our most important decisions are made. We decide on our elected officials both local, state, and federal. We can also vote for some laws to go into effect in our neighborhood. We believe our government to be honest and fair. Yet during this election, Donald Trump has made speculation about the presidential election being rigged. This political corruption happens more often than you hear.
One of the most notable acts of corruption happened in the 1920’s where organized crime and corrupted government went hand in hand. In New York, during the Prohibition Act, the mob would bribe politicians or mess around with the voting ballots to get who they want …show more content…
Fall moved to sell the Teapot Dome to Harry Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Company and the Elk Hills reserve to Edward Doheny's Pan American Petroleum Company. In return for leasing these oil fields Fall received "gifts" from the oilmen totaling about $400,000.” Albert Fall became the first member of a president’s administration to be imprisoned while in office. Daugherty was accused of selling illegal liquor permits and pardons and was forced to resign by President Calvin Coolidge. Forbes was arrested for fraud, conspiracy, and bribery in operating the Veteran’s Bureau. He made about $200 million off of the government.
The corruption did not end after the mob wars and the prohibition law. During the Obama Administration there have been 33 accounts of corruption and during the George W. Bush Administration there have been over 88 accounts of corruption. The corruption that is shown in America needs to stop. Voting fraud has not diminished either and there has been recent cases of it all over the …show more content…
citizens, and that they were looking into the records of another 180,000 registered voters. Suspected noncitizens were then sent letters requiring them to confirm their citizenship in order to retain their voter rights. Critics of the initiative said the measure was effectively a voting purge targeting black and Hispanic communities--87 percent of the 2,600 voters are minorities--which tend to vote
One of the most notable acts of corruption happened in the 1920’s where organized crime and corrupted government went hand in hand. In New York, during the Prohibition Act, the mob would bribe politicians or mess around with the voting ballots to get who they want …show more content…
Fall moved to sell the Teapot Dome to Harry Sinclair's Mammoth Oil Company and the Elk Hills reserve to Edward Doheny's Pan American Petroleum Company. In return for leasing these oil fields Fall received "gifts" from the oilmen totaling about $400,000.” Albert Fall became the first member of a president’s administration to be imprisoned while in office. Daugherty was accused of selling illegal liquor permits and pardons and was forced to resign by President Calvin Coolidge. Forbes was arrested for fraud, conspiracy, and bribery in operating the Veteran’s Bureau. He made about $200 million off of the government.
The corruption did not end after the mob wars and the prohibition law. During the Obama Administration there have been 33 accounts of corruption and during the George W. Bush Administration there have been over 88 accounts of corruption. The corruption that is shown in America needs to stop. Voting fraud has not diminished either and there has been recent cases of it all over the …show more content…
citizens, and that they were looking into the records of another 180,000 registered voters. Suspected noncitizens were then sent letters requiring them to confirm their citizenship in order to retain their voter rights. Critics of the initiative said the measure was effectively a voting purge targeting black and Hispanic communities--87 percent of the 2,600 voters are minorities--which tend to vote