Voting Machine Instructions Use Election (2 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. There is some brief writing on the upper portion of the front panel. ; Approx. 4" wide by 8 3/4". ; 24 pages.

Pamphlet. Condition: Very good. Pamphlet: 24 p. Illustrated with black and white photographs. This instructional booklet was provided to election officers prior to training so they were able to familiarize themselves with the operation of the voting machine. In 31 steps, it explains everything from posting diagrams and setting the public counter at "000" to providing voters with directions and canvassing the vote. When using the full voting machine, a voter would enter the machine and pull a lever to close the curtain. The voter made their selections from an array of small voting levers, and when the voter was finished, they pulled a lever which opened the curtain and reset the machine. Mechanical lever voting machines were first officially used in 1892. By 1930, they were used in virtually every major American city, and by the 1960s well over half of votes in U.S. elections were cast on these machines. Once one of the two largest voting machine companies in the country, Automatic Voting Machine Corporation was founded in 1898 and filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and laid off its last employees in 1984. The mechanical machines were replaced by electronic machines. The brochure measures 3 3/4" x 9" and is printed in black and white on coated paper. Some very light wear; otherwise very good. No copies are recorded in OCLC.