The Voter File by David Pepper

Haven’t had enough pre-election nonsense? This one should scratch that itch. And it should send chills right down your spine. And don’t think this is about Russian meddling in our elections. This one is entirely homegrown and won’t reinforce any belief that our elections are free of any untoward mischief.

 

Jack Sharpe blew it. He was a top tier investigative reporter who made his bones by blowing open a number of political scandals . . . until his national news network and his sense of right and wrong collided. Now he’s scraping by doing the odd freelance assignment. With his reputation, not many assignments beckon.

Until Tori Justice, a lowly staffer working on the campaign of a judge in Wisconsin makes contact. The judge she is working for won the primary, but based on district demographics and basic campaign polls, there is no way he should have won by as much as he did. She has tried unsuccessfully to pitch what she knows to various reporters without luck. Jack needs a story to get back in the game but is not so sure about what this girl is telling him.

Reluctantly, he meets with Tori and she lays out just how votes and voters can be manipulated to dang near guarantee most any outcome. The Voter File. A piece of election preparation that every candidate has. Starting with the primary that launched the judge into the general election, she details the ubiquitous practice of manipulation and deception that will curl your eyelashes, grow hair on your teeth, and plainly piss you off because you know that every damn thing she says went on in that local election . . . is actually going on. Right now. And it’s not a result of ambitious staffers. The deception begins at the top of both parties. T

he winner is generally who is best at a dirty game.

This one is for those who naively trust the election system to be a truthful representation of voter wishes. Even folks how know our elections aren’t as pure as advertised will be stunned at the depth of deception that has become ‘the campaign.’ A well written (the 3^rd Jack Sharpe book) and frightening story that will make you both squeamish and seriously pissed off. Look closely at what you see and read in this election season. You'll see most every thing Pepper describes.

Perfect preparation for the coming election. It might even get you to draft letters to every elected official on your upcoming ballot to tell them that you know. 

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