Cooping was a form of electoral fraud in the United States by which gangs kidnapped citizens off the street and forced them to vote, often repeatedly, for an election candidate. It has been cited speculatively in relation to the death of Edgar Allan Poe in October 1849.
Cooping was a form of electoral fraud in the United States by which gangs kidnapped citizens off the street and forced them to vote, often repeatedly, for an election candidate. It has been cited speculatively in relation to the death of Edgar Allan Poe in October 1849.
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