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- Democratic Party Ticket Ballot, 1860 - During the mid-1800s, Americans used preprinted ballots to vote. Political parties printed and distributed these ballots, sometimes through local partisan newspapers. These ballots listed candidates only from a single party -- so everyone knew who you voted for. Bold voters could scratch out or paste over names. In 1860, voters in New Hampshire who supported the Democratic presidential candidate Stephen Douglas used this ballot to vote for his electors.
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Democratic Party Ticket Ballot, 1860
During the mid-1800s, Americans used preprinted ballots to vote. Political parties printed and distributed these ballots, sometimes through local partisan newspapers. These ballots listed candidates only from a single party -- so everyone knew who you voted for. Bold voters could scratch out or paste over names. In 1860, voters in New Hampshire who supported the Democratic presidential candidate Stephen Douglas used this ballot to vote for his electors.