FBI is on your cell phone. Do you care
• WNDJohn Adams lost the 1800 presidential election to Thomas Jefferson in large part because Adams, in 1798, pushed through Congress the Alien and Sedition Acts that punished any of the new Americans who stirred up "sedition within the United States" by
Of course this was back in the day when ballots were counted publicly...and the power behind the guns didn't make sure that either of the two candidates "competing" were acceptable to them before allowing a vote.