Republican Ballot, 1878
date: label: associated date
content: 1878
name: label: associated institution
content: Republican National Party
notes: label: Description
content: More so than the distinguishing marks of party symbols or candidate portraits, color helped observers identify party ballots as they were cast—and who cast them. Voting was still not entirely secret. The parties printed and distributed paper ballots cut from sheets. The introduction of a complex color scheme distinguished the official ballot of the 1878 Regular Republican ticket in Massachusetts.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Massachusetts
topic: label: general subject association
content: Political Campaigns
label: used
content: Voting
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Ralph E Becker Collection of Political Americana
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PL.227739.1878.T02
label: catalog number
content: 227739.1878.T02
label: accession number
content: 227739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ballot
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: buff, black (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 1/2 in x 7 in; 36.83 cm x 17.78 cm