LBJ and Box 13 scandal The Box 13 scandal occurred in Alice, Texas during the Senate election of 1948. Lyndon B. Johnson was on the verge of losing the election and yet six days after polls had closed, 202 additional ballots were discovered in precinct 13, which swung the election decisively in Johnson's favor. He had been in a tight race with Coke Stevenson and they were in the middle of a run-off. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=LBJ+box+13&t=fpas&iax=images&ia=images