Blanket Ballot, 1896
date: label: date made
content: 1896
label: associated date
content: 1896 11 03
notes: label: Description
content: Developed in South Australia in the 1850s, the blanket ballot—listing all candidates for office regardless of party—was gradually adopted in the United States after 1888. The printing and distribution of such all-inclusive ballots became a function of government rather than competing parties. The voter typically marked the ballot in the privacy of a voting booth, sometimes guided by party symbols—like the eagle guarding a glass jar ballot box representing the Republican ticket of William McKinley and Garret A. Hobart, top left.
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: used
content: Voting
label: used
content: Political Campaigns
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2015.0200.048
label: accession number
content: 2015.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2015.0200.048
objectType: label: Object Name
content: ballot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24 1/4 in x 17 3/4 in; 61.595 cm x 45.085 cm