1.0 link 58040 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/07/26/thomas-b-edsall-ethan-hov_n_58040.html Even with the rise of the internet, podcasts and YouTube debates, there are some things in politics that never change.

One of the most controversial, but now forgotten, practices of political machines and big city bosses was the payment of "walk-around money" to local clubs and organizations. The money would go to pay precinct workers whose job it was to get their voters to the polls, armed with a printed sample ballot showing them how to vote.
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