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Election Board

Date: 09 1925
Description: The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall.
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Television Broadcast of Election Returns

Date: 11 02 1948
Description: WENR in Chicago broadcasts the first live national television presidential election returns when Truman upset Dewey.
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Voters at National Election

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Madison citizens in Washington School gymnasium, waiting to vote at the national election.
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Election Booths and Volunteers

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Description: Elevated view of a gymnasium that has been converted into a place where citizens can vote on election day.
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Hasn't Missed an Election

Date: 11 08 1966
Description: An older woman and a younger woman talking in front of a voting machine. Caption reads: "HASN'T MISSED AN ELECTION — Mrs. Mary Sturm, 71, of 820 E. Ogden a...
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Local-Option Election

Date: 02 1908
Description: A view of the crowds at an election. The crowd, mostly women, stand in front of the post office. A sign says "God Made the Water." Printed below the image:...
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Election Party

Date: 11 08 1932
Description: Election party at St. Andrew's church. Shows people playing a card game at a table, and onlookers standing nearby.
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Phillip La Follette and Family on Election Night

Date: 11 04 1930
Description: Phillip La Follette and family on Election night, November 4, 1930, at the La Follette home.
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Running for Re-election

Date: 1970
Description: Running hard for re-election after having served less than a full term, Congressman David R. Obey greets card-playing seniors.
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Recount

Date: 04 12 1960
Description: In a recount that lasted almost four hours, the tide turned in favor of Alderman John Budzien, who apparently had lost last Tuesday's election to Robert A....
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: Long lines of voters gather at Midvale School for the spring 1961 election. Poll workers are sitting at two tables to register the voters.
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Civic Duty" at Midvale School. A voter is shown studying a sample ballot at the 1961 spring election.
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Election Party

Date: 11 08 1932
Description: Election party at St. Andrew's Church. Shown are (left to right): Joyce Brown, Mrs. John Gillette, Clara Wiedner, Robert Holland, Mack Murdock, Ted Brewer,...
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Ballot Machine

Date: 1956
Description: Close-up view of a women's hand touching a ballot machine with names of candidates from the 1956 Wisconsin election.
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Presidential Election

Date: 11 03 1992
Description: "Poll workers wait for voters in the November election. For president results were: George Bush 169 votes, Bill Clinton 133 votes, Ross Perot 127 votes, an...
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Election Worker

Date: 10 2012
Description: Mrs. Curt Reithel, a La Crosse County Democratic Headquarters worker, on the phone during the 2012 Election run-up. She is seated at a desk. A brick wall i...
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Sol Levitan and State Treasury Employees

Date: 09 16 1930
Description: State Treasurer Sol Levitan sits surrounded by his employees in the State Treasurer's office as they celebrate his victory in the primary election.
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Union Registration Effort

Date: 1950
Description: For a 1950 election, the United Packinghouse Workers Union sponsored a free bus to transport people to the voter registration site.
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York For Assembly

Date: 11 1984
Description: "Supporters of Dwight York watch election returns on the TV screen."
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A steady line of voters kept election clerks busy at the Fourth Ward in the City-County Building.

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