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Voting for All

Dr. Juan Gilbert is an inventor working to making voting accessible to all.

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Debating the Candidates, Family Style

NMAH political history associate curator Debra Hashim shares how newly televised debates spurred conversation amongst her family.

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Voting Machines, American Style

Because the Constitution gives states the job of running elections, voting in the United States has developed into a hodgepodge of manual, mechanical, and electronic balloting. Almost every method of vote counting, from the paper-slip ballots used in rural New Hampshire to the gear-and-lever machines of New York to the Votomatic punch-card booklet pioneered in California, is used in some corner of the country today.

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Stenographic Record of Trial before Wyzanski, J., U.S. v. United Shoe Machinery Corporation, 1949-1952, District Court of the U.S., District of Massachusetts

Inventor Name United Shoe Machinery Corporation

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John Astor Dienner papers [manuscript], 1914-1958

Inventor Name Dienner, John Astor

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Montana Attorney General’s Office Records, 1893-1969

Inventor Name Osness, Edwin G.

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Bornett L. Bobroff Papers, 1904-1946

Inventor Name Bobroff, Bornett L.

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Bryan Tyson Papers, 1857-1903

Inventor Name Tyson, Bryan Repository Duke UniversityRare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections LibraryDurham, NC 27708-0185919-660-5822http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/

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Office of Alien Property Custodian Records, 1943-1946

Inventor Name United States Alien Property Custodian

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Oral history interview with Sidney Teiser [sound recording], 1977 Feb. 3.

Inventor Name Teiser, Sidney Repository Oregon Historical Society1200 SW Park AvePortland, OR 97205-2843503-222-1741http://www.ohs.org/collections/index.cfm

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