Today’s voting process may seem chaotic, but it would appear orderly to early American voters. Largely white and male, they had to bring their own ballots and often risked being beaten or shot by party-hired thugs.
Guests:
Jack Rakove, professor of history, American Studies and political science at Stanford University and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Original Meanings: Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution"
Jill Lepore, professor of American History and chair of the History and Literature Program at Harvard University
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