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Poster printed on red cardstock: "Election of Electors of President and Vice President of the U.S." outlining instructions to voters in Orange County, Vermont for the November 3, 1896 election. Instructions include how to request a ballot, how much…

Official Ballot for the town of Cabot, September 6, 1898, signed by Hiram Wells, Town Clerk. The ballot includes the Republican (Byron J. Lance) and Democratic (Sherburn L. Wiswell) candidates for Representative to the General Assembly.

Official Ballot for the Town of Essex for the Presidential Election, November 6, 1900. This ballot was designed to be folded in thirds. When folded, the outer section included a signature by the Chittenden County Clerk, O.P. Ray, who affirmed that…

Sample ballot for electors of the President and Vice-President of the United States. Printed on pink paper, this sample ballot includes the candidates for Vermont electors for the Republican, Democratic, and Communist tickets. Voters are instructed…

Flyer for Republican Lieutenant Governor candidate Perry H. Merrill. An example of campaign literature that both serves to educate constituents on the candidate, and to provide instructions on voting methods, the top of the page includes a diagram…

Postcard dated November 8, 1988 reminding Vermonters to vote, as well as providing contact information for the Secretary of State's Office and polling place hours.

This leaflet exemplifies a common political advertising strategy used just before an election. It both highlights the candidate's qualities ("Mr. Fletcher's record is an open book--read it") and prepares the public for what they will see when they…

Ticket listing candidates for Washington County positions running on the Anti-Know Nothing Ticket. The Know Nothing party was a nativist, anti-immigrant national party. Also known as the American party, the group earned its nickname because its…

Republican ticket for Vermont electors of the president and vice president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson. Printed on pale pink paper, the ticket lists the five candidates for Vermont's five electors: Electors at Large,…

Republican ticket for Vermont electors of the President and Vice President of the United States, 1868. The ticket lists the presidential and vice presidential candidates, Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax, and the five candidates for the five…

Republican ticket for Vermont electors for President and Vice President of the United States, James Garfield and Chester Arthur. Illustrated with elaborately framed woodcut portraits of Garfield and Arthur, the ticket lists the five candidates for…

Democratic ticket for the Vermont electors for president, Grover Cleveland, of New York, and for Vice President, Allen G. Thurman, of Ohio. The four candidates for Vermont's four electors are listed: Waldo Brigham, Edmund Deschenes, Charles J. Alger,…