The political system was corrupt, with leaders notorious for controlling elections and manipulating judges and juries.

Throughout his campaign, he kept his distance from the old-line political organizations that have long controlled local elections by playing one race or faction against another.

Voters feel that the wealthy and the powerful now control elections through campaign financing, so why bother taking part?

The final report concluded that these organizations, through financial support, bribes, boycotts, and coercion, sought to control the press, elections, and public opinion.

Its main functions are to organize, control elections, and punish the infringement of electoral rules.

For some time now, corporations and other special interest groups have controlled elections and our politicians by bribing them giving them campaign donations.

Despite this high electorate, the corporation of the town was generally considered in practice to control elections to a large extent.

In other words, the government has learned to control elections so that the people can exercise all their rights without truly changing public policy.

This meant that the government was less able to control elections and therefore unable to manage the parliament effectively.

Delegates from the small states generally favored the Electoral College out of concern that the large states would otherwise control presidential elections.