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KnoxVol

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7. That brings back memories

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:45 PM

Nov 2024

I never got to vote on one of these, it was all computerized by the time I started voting. But my mom took me into the booth in 1988 to vote for Al Gore in the Democratic Primary. I was an elementary school kid, but thought that was the coolest, most amazing thing to go in there and pull those levers and vote.

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Tweet of the Day [View all] RandySF Nov 2024 OP

Yep...looooooong time ago. Rock Fly Nov 2024 #1

Yes it was bcbink Nov 2024 #2

I liked those machines Charlie Chapulin Nov 2024 #3

I always thought the lever would jam on me Conjuay Nov 2024 #5

It really made voting feel weighty and important. You make your choices then pull the big lever to commit unblock Nov 2024 #4

New York had them Sanity Claws Nov 2024 #6

Pennsylvania used them.. whathehell Nov 2024 #9

Virginia had them. I helped set them up one election. n/t FSogol Nov 2024 #12

That brings back memories KnoxVol Nov 2024 #7

In Altoona in 1982 we marked paper ballots cyclonefence Nov 2024 #8

I think we should go back to those machines. They didn't seem to have all the problems the modern machines have. beaglelover Nov 2024 #10

I cast my first vote in one of those; the 1972 Iowa primary. rsdsharp Nov 2024 #11