Sample Ballot and Instructions for Voting: National and State Election, November 6, 1956

This series includes paper ephemera related to the voter registration and voting processes. The bulk of the series is comprised of paper ballots intended to have been deposited by voters in ballot boxes to reflect their choice of candidates. In the 19th century, many of these ballots were printed by commercial printers and were heavily decorated. As the century progressed, paper ballots increasingly were printed by governmental agencies until their eventual replacement by voting machines. The series also contains petitions, applications, sample ballots showing how to use voting machines, and other instructional materials for voters