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How did the border ruffians affect the election in Kansas?

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When elections were held in Kansas Territory, bands of armed Ruffians seized polling places, prevented Free-State men from voting, and cast votes themselves (illegally, since they were Missourians). On November 29, 1854, Border Ruffians elected a pro-slavery territorial representative to Congress.
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