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- Postcard, "Not Voting Has Consequences, Vote 2020, Your Vote Matters," 2020 - This postcard is based on a series of letterpress posters created by Leslie Evans of Sea Dog Press. Evans created one poster per month in 2020 as a time capsule for what she (and many others) deemed "a tumultuous year." Themes include COVID-19, encouragement to vote in the Presidential election, the US postal crisis, protest organizing, pro-science and anti-corruption messaging.
- 2020
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Postcard, "Not Voting Has Consequences, Vote 2020, Your Vote Matters," 2020
This postcard is based on a series of letterpress posters created by Leslie Evans of Sea Dog Press. Evans created one poster per month in 2020 as a time capsule for what she (and many others) deemed "a tumultuous year." Themes include COVID-19, encouragement to vote in the Presidential election, the US postal crisis, protest organizing, pro-science and anti-corruption messaging.
- Butterfly Ballot Type Voting Booth - 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.
- circa 1995
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Butterfly Ballot Type Voting Booth
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.
- MicroVote MV-464 Voting Machine, 1985 -
- 1985
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MicroVote MV-464 Voting Machine, 1985
- Gear and Lever Voting Machine, 1978 - Gear and lever voting machines were the quintessential method of voting for two generations of Americans, from the 1920s through the 1980s. These high tech devices tabulated votes mechanically. Considered scientific and reliable, they were relatively tamper proof and allowed for completely secret balloting. However, they were complicated devices that required constant maintenance and could contribute to undercounting.
- 1978
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Gear and Lever Voting Machine, 1978
Gear and lever voting machines were the quintessential method of voting for two generations of Americans, from the 1920s through the 1980s. These high tech devices tabulated votes mechanically. Considered scientific and reliable, they were relatively tamper proof and allowed for completely secret balloting. However, they were complicated devices that required constant maintenance and could contribute to undercounting.
- WINVote Voting Machine, circa 2001 -
- circa 2001
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WINVote Voting Machine, circa 2001
- VotingWorks VxScan Voting System, 2022 -
- 2022
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VotingWorks VxScan Voting System, 2022
- "Vote Socialist" Campaign Button, 2024 - The Party for Socialism & Liberation nominated Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia for its 2024 U. S. Presidential ticket. The far-left leaning party promotes a socialist system where poor and working people hold political and economic power. De la Cruz and Garcia, both mothers, educators, and political activists, received about .1% of the vote.
- 2024
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"Vote Socialist" Campaign Button, 2024
The Party for Socialism & Liberation nominated Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia for its 2024 U. S. Presidential ticket. The far-left leaning party promotes a socialist system where poor and working people hold political and economic power. De la Cruz and Garcia, both mothers, educators, and political activists, received about .1% of the vote.
- "Your Vote Matters," 2025 -
- 2025
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"Your Vote Matters," 2025
- Chads from Butterfly Ballot Type Voting Machine - Paper "butterfly ballots" are pierced with a "punch needle"--reminiscent of computer punch cards. Leftover confetti fragments of the punched paper are called "chads." If ballots are not fully punched, partially attached "hanging chads" invalidate the vote. During the 2000 Presidential election, this infamous system caused confusion among voters in Palm Beach County, Florida, forcing a recount of spoiled ballots.
- circa 1995
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Chads from Butterfly Ballot Type Voting Machine
Paper "butterfly ballots" are pierced with a "punch needle"--reminiscent of computer punch cards. Leftover confetti fragments of the punched paper are called "chads." If ballots are not fully punched, partially attached "hanging chads" invalidate the vote. During the 2000 Presidential election, this infamous system caused confusion among voters in Palm Beach County, Florida, forcing a recount of spoiled ballots.
- Instruction Model Voting Machine, circa 1936 - Gear and lever voting machines were the quintessential method of voting for two generations of Americans, from the 1920s through the 1980s. These high tech devices tabulated votes mechanically. Considered scientific and reliable, they were relatively tamper proof and allowed for completely secret balloting. This model machine helped new voters learn how to operate them.
- circa 1936
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Instruction Model Voting Machine, circa 1936
Gear and lever voting machines were the quintessential method of voting for two generations of Americans, from the 1920s through the 1980s. These high tech devices tabulated votes mechanically. Considered scientific and reliable, they were relatively tamper proof and allowed for completely secret balloting. This model machine helped new voters learn how to operate them.