385 WAYITWAS-2007-765 eng Goerke-Shrode, Sabine 'Tapeworm ticket' hurts intestines of election 2007-12-02 My last column looked at local elections in the 1860s and 1870s and their tumultuous proceedings. One of the most memorable elections occurred in 1871, when Vallejo gained national fame for the invention of the so-called "tapeworm ticket." The main information for the events surrounding this ballot ticket can be found in "Recollections of a Newspaperman," written by Frank A. Leach in 1917. vacahc@gmail.com 765 00099802378 Publication/Article CaVaHC http://www.solanoarticles.com/history/index.php/vhcdb/765/ Read Article http://www.solanohistory.net/articles/765/765.1.pdf PDF Document