Ray adapts Raymond's "Rig"

Writer-director Billy Ray ’85 (“Shattered Glass”) will adapt Allen Raymond’s “How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative” for Fox Searchlight.

Variety reports:

After rising through the ranks, by using such tricks as calling voters during the Super Bowl to hype a rival candidate, Raymond made his boldest move during a tight New Hampshire race between Democrat Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and Republican Rep. John Sununu.

Raymond enlisted a telemarketer vendor to dump so many automated calls into phone banks at Democratic HQ that outgoing calls were impossible. Shaheen lost by about 20,000 votes, and other local candidates lost by less.

The ruse drew federal scrutiny, and Raymond eventually pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in federal court and served three months.

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This is the story of Raymond's rise to power alongside his friend in the party, Jim Tobin, and how their lives intersect in a way that forces Allen to choose between his ambition and his integrity,” Ray said. “He makes the wrong choice at first, and by the time he makes the right one, his wife and kids are affected and his life is going up in flames.”

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