Interesting article from 1992 about The Machine

bamagirls
Fri, 13 Sep 2013 18:46:28 +0000

I’m not talking about SGA elections here. I’m referring to the sororities who sent out emails telling their members that they were expected to register and vote for specific candidates, namely a former SGA president, in exchange for free bar tabs and other considerations in the district 4 election for the local board of education. Some Greeks also are alleged to have used false addresses. The other candidate happens to be the wife of a UA law professor. Many local stakeholders were angered by the antics and I don’t blame them regardless of the outcome. That is the reason for the liquor for votes billboards. I’m not bashing anyone personally and certainly not the UA, but before we discuss how much integrity is being shown we must establish that making a mockery out of a BOE election where one has no vested interest other than free liquor and promoting the Machine candidate do not indicate integrity at all.