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surrealAmerican

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7. I loved those old machines.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Aug 31, 2012, 06:23 PM

Aug 2012

They were so solid and satisfying. The first few times I voted (in New York in the 80's), I used those old machines. They were somehow more satisfying than the "punch card" system I used when I first moved to Chicago.

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What's your earliest memory of voting? [View all] hedgehog Aug 2012 OP

Followed one of my parents into a lever machine booth in a school auditorium struggle4progress Aug 2012 #1

my earliest memory is f the 1960 election cali Aug 2012 #2

That's right - my mother sent my dad out to buy a tv so they hedgehog Aug 2012 #8

Going with my dad. MrSlayer Aug 2012 #3

Sometime in the early eighties MAD Dave Aug 2012 #4

The earliest I voted was '08 sakabatou Aug 2012 #5

going with my mom stuntcat Aug 2012 #6

I loved those old machines. surrealAmerican Aug 2012 #7

Voting for Ted Kennedy when I first became eligible to vote. graywarrior Aug 2012 #9

Eisenhower-Stevenson madamesilverspurs Aug 2012 #10

Mine as well, 1956 SteveG Aug 2012 #16

My earliest memory was when I voted for JFK, RebelOne Aug 2012 #11

George McGovern, 1972 louis c Aug 2012 #12

I was standing in line to vote for the first time rrneck Aug 2012 #13

I remember Spirochete Aug 2012 #14

2004. Lilyeye Aug 2012 #15

Similar to yours, but in Mexico nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #17

What I remember is volunteering my home as a polling place for a few years pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #18

I remember going to the polls with my parents in 1962 hifiguy Aug 2012 #19