Instructional Voting Machine, 1944
date: label: Date made
content: 1943
name: label: described
content: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
label: described
content: Truman, Harry S.
label: described
content: Dewey, Thomas E.
notes: label: Description
content: This facsimile gear-and-lever voting machine was last used in the 1944 presidential election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Thomas E. Dewey. Small models like this acquainted voters with the workings of the actual machine; the row-and-column ballot of parties and candidates was based upon the graphic design of the blanket or Australian ballot these machines began to displace after the turn of the 20th century. From 1900 through the early 1960s, the gear-and-lever voting machine was promoted as an ideal technology.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Washington
topic: label: general subject association
content: Elections
label: used
content: Voting
label: related event
content: Presidential Campaign of 1944
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: 2001.0244.01
label: accession number
content: 2001.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0244.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Voting Machine
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: red, olive green (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 in x 14 in x 1 1/2 in; 38.1 cm x 35.56 cm x 3.81 cm