Rob Christensen wrote a tribute to Jack Hawke and in it mentioned hardball politics and Jack’s run-in with the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice – there’s more to the story: During Senator Helms’ 1990 campaign, when Jack was Republican Chairman, I asked him for a favor – to work with me on a ballot security program. He did. Then I made a mistake, bungled the program, and landed both of us in a mess with a tribe of very hard-hearted lawyers from Washington.