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Poster of a man's arm with his shirt sleeve pushed up. He is holding a yellow card in his fingers with the text, "The Ballot is a power in your hands. Use it - and you help to secure good government. Fail to use it - and you score for the other side. Your vote is the key to your freedom. To use it you must register. Do it." Across the foot is the word, "Register." The poster was created for the Congress of Industrial Organizations Political Action Committee.
1944
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
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Register to Vote Poster, Male
1972
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