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When there were elections, sometimes a prince elector, would “arrange” to have a foreign prince elector delayed so as to miss the voting if there were of a different faction or supported a different candidate and the elector had to pass through his lands. Worse, occasionally, “bandits” would assault an elector and sometimes kill him. Most nations which have elections have laws and procedures to prevent opposing factions from interfering with the representative’s travel to the place of election. This is one of the first in Christian Europe.


The Count had arrived at 6 AM with a note that Germany was declaring war on Russia contrary to the peace treaty that the two nations had signed. Molotov was so angry that he spat on the note and tore it up and then had the ambassador thrown out the back door.