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California Voters Pamphlet - Primary Election


This edition of the “California Voters Pamphlet,” published in 1974, contains detailed summaries of the nine propositions up for vote in California’s June 4, 1974 primary elections.  The booklet breaks down each proposition and provides their official title, legislative analysis, the actual text and argument. The propositions cover topics such as state civil service exemptions, the clean water bond act and political reform.  The booklet also includes chapters on the role of lobbyists, limits on expenditures, incumbency and auditing.
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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.
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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.