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February 1, 2016 – Indefinitely
This display juxtaposes historic voting devices with contemporary candidate rally signs to encourage our visitors to reflect on the relationship between the nation’s democratic traditions and the current swirl of election news, and draw visitors into conversations on the importance of civic engagement. Included in this display are large voting machines from the late 19th century and an assortment of 19th and 20th century voting boxes and rally signs from current candidates.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SIAHHO_160202_008.JPG: Hooray for Politics: The 2016 presidential campaign is underway. Candidates are crisscrossing the country, organizing local offices, raising money, creating media campaigns, appearing in televised debates, and searching for messages that resonate with voters. This ritual of electing the president can be rousing, inspirational, ridiculous, disheartening, or a combination of all the above. At their core, campaigns are attempts to rally Americans to engage in our unique form of democracy -- a goal embraced by the Museum in 2016, during a year it has themed "America Participates."
2. SIAHHO_160202_012.JPG: Marching for Victory Torchlight parade for Abraham Lincoln, published in Harper's Weekly, October 13, 1860.
3. SIAHHO_160202_015.JPG: Celebrating Their Candidate Pastel drawing of 1976 Democratic National Convention, by Freda L. Reiter
4. SIAHHO_160202_021.JPG: Voting booths, Cleveland, Ohio, 1940-1955
5. SIAHHO_160202_026.JPG: Ballot can, Tulare County, California, 1940s
6. SIAHHO_160202_030.JPG: Ballot box, mid-20th century
7. SIAHHO_160202_034.JPG: Casting Your Vote Over our long history, Americans have voted using various ballot boxes and voting machines. From simple wooden boxes to computerized devices, the makers of ballot boxes have struggled to design devices that reduce fraud, improve accuracy, and expand access to the polls. With few national standards for how we cast our ballots, districts have created a patchwork of diverse means of voting. Thought this physical act differs over time and place, the shared ritual unites the nation.
8. SIAHHO_160202_037.JPG: Icon of Democracy Cartoon of glass globe ballot box by Thomas Nast, Harper's Weekly, May 15, 1880
9. SIAHHO_160202_040.JPG: Making a Choice Popular Science Monthly, November 1920
10. SIAHHO_160202_045.JPG: Early automatic voting machine, attempted to limit counting errors and fraud, 1890s
11. SIAHHO_160202_054.JPG: Wooden ballot box, East Bridgewater, Connecticut, early 19th century
12. SIAHHO_160202_062.JPG: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith opening July 2017 While the presidential election runs its course, the Museum is developing American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith -- a new exhibition on the second floor just behind the marble statue of George Washington. In 1776 the revolutionary generation made a grand bargain. Rather than relying on a monarch, they would place their faith in each other and form a new nation based on the sovereignty of the people. The new exhibition explores the nation's efforts to realize this ideal and aims to inspire visitors to embrace their role in the democratic process.
13. SIAHHO_160202_066.JPG: A National Treasure Woman suffrage banner, 1913-1920, one of many objects featured in the upcoming exhibition
14. SIAHHO_160202_070.JPG: Exhibiting Democracy Artist's rendering of American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith, opening July 2017
15. SIAHHO_160202_074.JPG: Ballot box, northeastern United States, 1850s
16. SIAHHO_160202_079.JPG: Ballot box, Maryland, mid- to late 19th century
17. SIAHHO_160202_083.JPG: Ballot box, Fulton County, Georgia, 1919
18. SIAHHO_160202_087.JPG: Voting machine, invented in California, around 1901
19. SIAHHO_160202_093.JPG: Candidate Posters Participation in campaign events is a hallmark of our political tradition. On display are rally signs provided by the campaigns of all declared presidential candidates as of January 29, 2016, who have support of over 1% in a recognized national poll. Signs held aloft indicate contenders still in the race. During the course of the election, as candidates suspend or end their campaigns, their signs will be lowered.
20. SIAHHO_160202_100.JPG: We Like Ike Dwight D. Eisenhower campaign rally, 1952
21. SIAHHO_160202_103.JPG: Ballot box, New England, late 19th century
22. SIAHHO_160222_01.JPG: Automatic voting machine with privacy curtain, invented in Iowa, 1898
23. SIAHHO_160222_15.JPG: Vote Here Vote Aqui PCT (precinct)
24. SIAHHO_160831_01.JPG: Automatic voting machine with privacy curtain, invented in Iowa, 1898
25. SIAHHO_160831_26.JPG: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith Opening July 2017 While the presidential election runs its course, the Museum is developing American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith -- a new exhibition on this floor. In 1776, the revolutionary generation made a grand bargain. Rather than relying on a monarch, they would place their faith in each other and form a new nation based on the sovereignty of the people. The new exhibition explores the nation's efforts to realize this ideal and aims to inspire visitors to embrace their role in the democratic process.
26. SIAHHO_160831_33.JPG: Woman Suffrage Wagon 1870s-1920 Suffragists painted this delivery wagon with slogans and used it for rallies and publicity, as well as for magazine sales. The woman suffrage amendment was first introduced in 1878 and languished for decades in a congress that felt no need for women's votes. Three generations of women fought to overcome objections and change state laws and the national constitution. By 1920 they had gained voting rights in twenty-six states. The Nineteenth Amendment, ratified in 1920, ensures that the rights of citizens to vote cannot be denied because of sex.
27. SIAHHO_160928_10.JPG: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith Opening July 2017 While the presidential election runs its course, the Museum is developing American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith -- a new exhibition on this floor. In 1776, the revolutionary generation made a grand bargain. Rather than relying on a monarch, they would place their faith in each other and form a new nation based on the sovereignty of the people. The new exhibition explores the nation's efforts to realize this ideal and aims to inspire visitors to embrace their role in the democratic process.
28. SIAHHO_160928_15.JPG: A National Treasure: Woman suffrage banner, 1913-1920, one of many objects featured in the upcoming exhibition.
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