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Vote: The Machinery of Democracy

Today, debates about the best method to vote hinge on the advantages and risks of adopting an electronic voting system. Similar issues about voting machinery have persisted throughout voting history. For instance, in the nineteenth century reformers campaigned for the gear and lever voting machine to provide a uniform method of voting. By the 1920s, many cities and states decided to purchase these...

https://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/vote-machinery-de...