print email comment close Vote: The Machinery of Democracy URL: http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/ Description: This exhibition "explores how ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years as a response to political, social, and technological change, transforming the ways in which Americans vote." Topics discussed include paper ballots, the gear-and-lever voting machine, punch-card ballots, the Florida ballot re-count in the 2000 presidential election, and related ballot and voting issues. Includes a bibliography. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Publisher: Smithsonian National Museum of American History Library of Congress Subject Headings: Electronic voting Punched card systems -- Ballot Voting Voting-machines LII Database Information: Record 117 created by Jennifer English on 08/10/2004 Last modification on 08/10/2004 Published: 08/10/2004   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/117