THE PETTICOAT REBELLION OF 1916
WOMEN GAIN RIGHT TO VOTE, SUCCEED IN OVERTHROWING GOVERNMENT
Or something like that, might have been Newspaper Headlines of the day.
The real story is that on December 5th, 1916, the polls opened at 8:00am in the small town of Umatilla, Oregon, for a municipal election. And there was not a woman in sight.
Until.
At 2pm, the women showed up in droves and with write-in ballots, they proceeded to elect an all-woman council: a coup d'etat, of sorts.
The story is at:
https://www.damninteresting.com/the-petticoat-rebellion-of-1916/
http://mentalfloss.com/article/63262/laura-starcher-and-petticoat-revolution-1916
(Score: 2, Interesting) by butthurt on Tuesday December 06 2016, @12:10AM
Another election in 1916 Oregon was pay-per-vote:
Portland Rose Festival officials instituted an official vote-buying system -- one cent for 10 votes. They also sought to drive up the value of each vote as the competition heated up. Special offers doled out "extra" votes for bulk purchases of $50, $200 and more.
-- http://www.oregonlive.com/rosefest/index.ssf/2016/06/how_massive_vote_buying_made_a.html [oregonlive.com]