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Official Voters Pamphlet
Washington Secretary of State A. Ludlow Kramer’s November 5th, 1974 publication of the “Official Voters Pamphlet” provides Washington residents with biographies of candidates running for Senator, Representative, State Supreme Court, and other local officials as well as a checklist of these candidates. The pamphlet also contains information on three state measures on the 1974 Washington Ballot including explanations, statements for and against, rebuttal statements and full texts of proposed and existing legislature.
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Tennessee goes "Votomatic"
“Tennessee goes “Votomatic” is a report produced in 1974 and addressed to the Tennessee County Election Commissioners by the Computer Election Systems, after the introduction of the Votomatic Vote Recorder. The report covers the statistics of the November Elections, news articles from the elections and the recount, and an extremely important report from the Registrar-at-Large of Hamilton County. Additionally the report presents a description of the new voter computer system and a comparison between it and the old voting procedures.
Election Material
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Voter's Guide for the Citizens of New Mexico
This document was produced by the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of New Mexico in lead up to the 1974 elections. The piece covers topics such as voter registration, absentee voting, voting machines, when one should go to the polls to vote and voting machines. The piece was aimed at spurring turn out for the November 5, 1974 elections.
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Voting machine instructions
This pamphlet, published in 1974 by the board of election commissioners Chicago, Illinois provides voters with information about the voting process for the upcoming primaries for ballot propositions. The document specifically walks voters through the process of operating a voting machine with both a written description and visual aids. The document also includes Spanish translations of its various sections.
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Election and Political Party Law
State of Utah: Corrupt Practices in Elections Act
State of Utah: Corrupt Practices in Elections Act
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Official Voters Pamphlet
Published by the office of the Secretary of State in Washington State, the November 4th, 1975 “Official Voters Pamphlet” provides necessary information on the candidates running for the position of Secretary of State and the six state measures on the 1975 ballot. The six state measures are given along with their full ballot titles, their proposed full text and the existing text, arguments for and against, as well as rebuttal statements. In this election Republican incumbent Bruce K. Chapman is running against Democratic nominee Kay D. Anderson.
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Hawaii's Closed Primary
This 1976 pamphlet was produced to educate Hawaiian voters on the concept of a closed primary. A closed primary election only permits people affiliated with the party of the primary to participate in the elections. For this reason the packet also contains a “party ballot change application” in-the-event a voter wished to change party in order to vote in the upcoming primary elections for the party of their choice. Furthermore the piece was released in lead up to the November 2, 1976 general elections that featured a presidential race between Republican incumbent Gerald Ford and Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter.
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Minnesota's Congressional Districts
This booklet was published in 1976 in Minnesota by the Election Division of the Office of the Secretary of State. The piece includes an election timeline, a map with the congressional districts of metropolitan areas of the twin cities and the State as well as a list of Minnesota’s congressional delegation with their office’s contact information. The November 2, 1976 general elections would feature the presidential race between Democratic nominee Jimmy Carter and Republican incumbent Gerald Ford. Carter’s running-mate, Walter Mondale, was a Senator from Minnesota.
Election Material
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Ohio's Part in the 1976 Presidential Election
“Ohio’s Part in the 1976 Presidential Election” is a document issued in 1976 by Ted W. Brown, the Secretary of State of Ohio and James R. Marsh, Assistant Secretary of State of Ohio, in lead up to the June 8, 1976 Primary Election and November 2, 1976 General Election. The piece covers topics such as the ways of convention delegates to be elected, the Republican and Democratic apportionment for Ohio, the practice to convene the Presidential Electors. Additionally there is a table showing the figures of each State’s number of votes in the Republican National Convention, of the Democratic National Convention and of the Electoral College.