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Chapter 84 Anna Carnegie's Energy

Anna Carnegie.

The youngest daughter of the current head of the Carnegie family.

If it weren't for her strong personal will, she wouldn't even have been worthy of being admitted to New York University.

That's right, New York University, which has some of the best programs in the country, didn't deserve to admit Anna Carnegie.

For Carl Morgan, the New York University recommendation letter, which he had obtained at great expense, was worth far less than Anna Carnegie's status.

The Carnegie family's most influential industry in America is no longer the steel industry, where they made their fortune, but the education industry.

Harvard, Princeton, Yale —

The Carnegie family has a presence in almost all prestigious universities.

If Anna wanted to choose, there wouldn't be a single major at any university in America that would refuse her.

How terrifying can such a privileged young woman be when she's serious about something?

First of all, she is not stupid; in fact, she is frighteningly shrewd.

Even if the city councilor remained silent, she could guess her uncle Toth's methods after a little thought.

But she also understood that although her uncle Tos's methods were not clean, she couldn't openly refute them.

The reason is simple: people across the United States are not very enthusiastic about voting in grassroots elections.

The current unemployment rate in the United States is between 11% and 15%, which is much lower than the peak of 30% during the Great Depression.

But most ordinary families are busy making money and have no time to care about grassroots elections.

Anna knew that vote-rigging in grassroots elections was a common problem across the United States.

The problem isn't the vote-buying tactics, but rather the lack of attention paid to grassroots elections.

The lack of attention given to grassroots elections is entirely the fault of all grassroots candidates in the United States.

Their personal charisma is just too poor. If everyone were like Tom, the grassroots would definitely vote enthusiastically.

Anna looked at the newspaper with Tom's picture on it and said firmly, "Mr. Tom, I can't do anything about the grassroots elections across America."

"But I will do everything in my power to ensure that this election is conducted fairly, justly, and openly!"

"The future of America rests on your shoulders."

After putting down the newspaper, Anna began making a series of phone calls.

Childhood tutor, schoolmate, workplace colleague —

Anna invited more and more people to the five major districts.

Their role is to monitor the election.

Of course, Anna wouldn't show favoritism towards Tom; she would simply run for office fairly.

Anna felt that her influence was limited, and since she didn't have her father intervene, not many people came.

Upon closer inspection, they were just reporters from newspapers in a few major cities:

The Chicago Economic Journal, The New York Times, Time Magazine —

It's just a few small newspapers that rank among the top sellers and can be sold across cities and states.

Staff members of several oversight agencies:

Several junior judges in the New York City courts and district courts, the highest-ranking judicial personnel, are also candidates for the Supreme Court of New York State.

There were also a few young people with low status, just junior staff members, and little influence within the department, but their work IDs had the three letters "FBI" printed on them.

In short, Anna saw these people as nothing more than basic security, but the reality was quite the opposite; Tos and the others were completely bewildered.

Even if you weren't a sister, the force you're applying is something even Al Capone didn't get back then.

Have we broken any divine laws?

As for?

All contact with the vote counting agency or other public officials has been severed.

Even if Tos and his companions wanted to offer favors or money, no one dared to accept them.

It's no longer possible to use underhanded tactics in government matters.

But that doesn't mean there aren't other options.

If you, Tom, can mobilize a large number of voters, why can't I, Toth, and others?

Tos and his associates, on the other hand, went straight to spending large sums of money to hire actors.

Generally, there is more than one polling station in a constituency.

Tos only needs to hire one actor to be able to vote at all polling stations.

The five men were united in their hatred of the enemy, and once they hired one of them, they would have him vote at every polling station in the five major constituencies.

And it's not just one throw; they'll change their outfit and throw several more times.

In short, Toth and his friends began to use the simplest method—voting with money—to fight against Tom.

Compared to Tom's speeches and rice and flour raffles, their methods were simple and crude, but very effective.

In just a few days, at least 100,000 votes in each constituency were mixed in.

But by doing this, they have already walked a tightrope.

Because under American law, this behavior is explicitly defined as a felony.

They couldn't possibly leave no trace of their true intentions.

Even if they win this time, even if they don't immediately cause a scandal after being elected;

Sooner or later, his political enemies will attack this point, and he will be disgraced.

Even Yin Dang was imprisoned.

But they couldn't care less about that now; winning this time was all they wanted.

If we can't win this time, everything else is just empty talk.

Time passed slowly, and after ten days of elections and five days of vote counting.

On March 1, 1942, the vote count results were released.

Inside the city hall, all the candidates from all constituencies gathered in the conference room.

Four or five hundred candidates stood in twos and threes, connecting with each other.

Even if a deal falls through, goodwill remains; many people run for office not to be elected immediately.

He was simply accumulating political experience and building connections.

However, the relationship between the candidates from Tom's faction and those from Toth's faction was not amicable.

Tom was alright, but his men, though reformed, were no pushovers.

The results haven't been announced yet, but the two sides are already on the verge of fighting.

If Tom hadn't been there to keep things under control, Thompson's submachine gun would have emptied at least several magazines.

At 10 a.m., the city council speaker appeared with an envelope.

Like William, he looked only in his thirties or forties, but was actually over fifty and a sprightly old man.

The city council speaker took out the list and began announcing the elected members.

Of the 25 parliamentary seats, 20 were replaced in this election.

Stanley Morgan;

"Carter Vanderbilt;"

"Kevin Roosevelt————"

As each name was mentioned, Tos and the others grew increasingly expectant.

Although Tom received a large number of votes, only 75000 votes were counted, while each household cast over 100,000 votes.

If they're lucky, they also have a chance to be elected.

The old man seemed to know that the five major constituencies had the most conflict, so he deliberately left them until the end.

Gerd Müller;

"Fils Jackson;"

Chris Lee Mullander;

Henri Maupassant

"And finally, Tom Smith."

As soon as he finished speaking, enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.

Then came a barrage of compliments and flattery.

Tom's faction won all five districts, with only Tom and bald Henry personally taking the lead; the others were relatives of the core gang leaders.

The candidates from the major gangs were all trembling.

The day of clearing my name is today!

In less than three months, they went from being universally reviled to becoming true Americans.

Before everyone could react, bald Henry had already started praising Tom in various ways.

The others also realized what was happening and joined in praising Tom.

They all understood that their election as city councilors was not due to hard work, but entirely to their choice.

Tom's legs are so thick and strong.

Tom, on the other hand, remained completely unmoved, both outwardly and inwardly, as if he were a born city councilor.

Some were happy, while others were sad; Tos and his companions were on the verge of emotional collapse.

Many people have already staked their life savings on spending money to buy tickets.

But to my surprise, it still didn't work.

Toss, however, remained calm and said, "So what if we lost an election?"

There will be another chance in five years.

"As long as we learn Tom's speaking style, with our connections and influence, even if we can't win in another district, we'll have no trouble making a comeback!"

Persuaded by Tos, the group walked out of the hall together.

They have decided to humbly learn from Tom's speaking style.

Just as the group regained their confidence, they encountered several young men at the door.

The young men moved in unison, raising their identification documents to display their determination, their gazes firm, their tone even more resolute:

"FBI."

"Please, the five of you, cooperate with our investigation."

"Regarding the election fraud case."