Specifications for voting machines, 1891-1931.

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Specifications for voting machines, 1891-1931.

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The commission, acting as the State Board of Voting Machine Examiners, was responsible until 1977 for examining and approving all voting machines, ballot boxes, and counting apparatuses and for filing its reports with the state secretary. (Until 1903, approval was by the state secretary, treasurer, and auditor, and for the period 1903-1912 reports were filed by a separate State Board of Voting Machine Examiners.) These filings include drawings, blueprints, photographs, patents, advertisements, and written specifications of the voting machines submitted to the board by their inventors or manufacturers.

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