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Voters at National Election
October 2, 1948
Madison citizens in Washington School gymnasium, waiting to vote at the national election.
1948 Primary Elections
September 21, 1948
Governor and Mrs. Rennebohm casting their ballots at their home precinct in Maple Bluff. The governor was a candidate in that primary election.
How to Use Voting Machine
March 8, 1948
First Step: The voter (Mrs. Thelma Hauser) receives her first instructions from the election official (Arvid Johnson) on a small working model. She must operate it herself to show that she underst...
How to use Voting Machine
March 8, 1948
Step 5: The voter must leave the pointers down when she completes her choice, or her vote will not be recorded.
Mary Janet Hall Registering to Vote
February 24, 1948
Mary Janet Hall, (at left) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hall, registering at City Hall as a new voter, and City Clerk A.W. Bareis (at right.)
State Republican Party Convention
June 21, 1947
Assembly Speaker, Donald McDowell, casting a straw vote for U.S. President. George Greene, editor of Waupun Leader News, supervising the vote.
