Rutherford B. Hayes’ battle against Samuel Tilden even involved allegations of coded telegrams attempting to bribe local officials to switch the counts…
Popular spiritualist of the 16th century, John Dee, designed the Enochian Language code to decipher messages from the Archangels and an Enochian chess board ensued.
Modern safeguards are in place today and folks watch lottery drawings live on TV as they happen, without any Confederate generals looking over their shoulders for good measure.