Electoral college records, 2004-2008.

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Electoral college records, 2004-2008.

Records of the Minnesota Electoral College Assemblies for the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections. Included are elector ballots for presidential candidates, elector ballots for vice-presidential candidates, news releases, photographs of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party electors and Secretaries of State, and engraved pens of the type used for the signings.

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