Butterfly Ballot Type Voting Booth
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This mobile voting machine collapses into the size of a briefcase. Fully opened, privacy panels fold out to form a voting booth. Paper "butterfly ballots" are pierced with a "punch needle"--reminiscent of computer punch cards. During the 2000 Presidential election, these infamous ballots caused confusion among voters in Palm Beach County, Florida. Spoiled and mismarked ballots forced a recount.
This mobile voting machine collapses into the size of a briefcase. Fully opened, privacy panels fold out to form a voting booth. Paper "butterfly ballots" are pierced with a "punch needle"--reminiscent of computer punch cards. During the 2000 Presidential election, these infamous ballots caused confusion among voters in Palm Beach County, Florida. Spoiled and mismarked ballots forced a recount.
Artifact
Voting booth
Date Made
circa 1995
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2001.152.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Plastic
Metal
Cloth
Color
Blue
Beige (Color)
Black (Color)
Dimensions
Length: 17 in
Height: 4 in (of case)
Height: 43.5 in
Width: 22 in
Inscriptions
on upraised label on case: IBM / VOTOMATIC
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