Suppressing African-American votes, attempting to buy off minsters and Democratic workers goes into where this person's mind is at.

Mr. Rollins said the campaign used a more direct approach to persuade some Democratic political workers to stay home on Election Day.

Was it payments to black clergy and Democratic workers, which so far have not been substantiated?

The Governor would ask in a loud voice for benefit of other Democratic workers, "What does it say on the back of the vegetable wagon, Barney?"

In Wisconsin, a Democratic worker, acting on her own, gave free cigarettes to homeless people to get them to vote.

On Election Day, Democratic workers arrived at five get-out-the-vote offices to find their phone lines jammed.

We also have leads on other Democratic workers who were approached and accepted the payments, but we don't have those names yet.

The campaigns also resolved to distribute the best-known candidates throughout the state instead of attending events together, to keep local Democratic workers energized.

Mr. Hall said he and others were given the signs by Democratic workers who had made them in advance.

The money, he said, went to ministers for their "favorite charities" and to pay Democratic workers to stay home on Election Day.