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- MicroVote MV-464 Voting Machine, 1985 -
- 1985
- Collections - Artifact
MicroVote MV-464 Voting Machine, 1985
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- Diebold Accuvote TSX Voting Machine, Used by J. Alex Halderman to Demonstrate Voting Cybersecurity Issues, circa 2007 -
- circa 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Diebold Accuvote TSX Voting Machine, Used by J. Alex Halderman to Demonstrate Voting Cybersecurity Issues, circa 2007
- Patent Model of Edison's Electrographic Vote Recorder and Register, His First Patent, 1869 - Edison received a patent for this electrographic vote recorder in 1869. Legislative bodies could record votes accurately and instantaneously with his device. Edison's invention stirred little interest and was never manufactured. The invention's significance, however, should not be overlooked. This was the first of Edison's 1093 U.S. patents and in a way marks the start of his inventive activity.
- June 01, 1869
- Collections - Artifact
Patent Model of Edison's Electrographic Vote Recorder and Register, His First Patent, 1869
Edison received a patent for this electrographic vote recorder in 1869. Legislative bodies could record votes accurately and instantaneously with his device. Edison's invention stirred little interest and was never manufactured. The invention's significance, however, should not be overlooked. This was the first of Edison's 1093 U.S. patents and in a way marks the start of his inventive activity.
- Voting Machine Instruction Ballot, General Election, Tuesday, November 2, 2004 -
- November 01, 2004
- Collections - Artifact
Voting Machine Instruction Ballot, General Election, Tuesday, November 2, 2004
- WINVote Voting Machine, circa 2001 -
- circa 2001
- Collections - Artifact
WINVote Voting Machine, circa 2001
- VotingWorks VxScan Voting System, 2022 -
- 2022
- Collections - Artifact
VotingWorks VxScan Voting System, 2022
- 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
- Collections - Artifact
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.