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Spring Election in Madison

Date: 04 02 1962
Description: Madison residents turn out to vote during the 1962 spring elections.
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Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: "We Saw You Performing Your Civic Duty" in the spring 1961 elections. A pensive woman voter, her slip in hand, waits a turn in the booth.
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Robert Bloch and Harold Gauer

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Description: The political campaign "Braintrust" relaxes in Lake Park between elections.
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Young Cubans with Petitions

Date: 1980
Description: Four smiling young Cubans with petitions for camp nomination elections. Photographs made on July 4, 1980, by Archibald of Cuban refugees who had arrived as...
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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of voters and five curtained voting machines at Ward 10.
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Governor Walter S. Goodland

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Governor Walter S. Goodland filing nomination papers at the Secretary of State Office with Gaige E. Roberts, chief of the elections and records division.
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1948 Primary Elections

Date: 09 21 1948
Description: Governor and Mrs. Rennebohm casting their ballots at their home precinct in Maple Bluff. The governor was a candidate in that primary election.
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We Saw You . . . at Council Changeover

Date: 04 17 1960
Description: The Madison City Council holds a reorganizing meeting after the spring elections. Alderman Harrison L. Garner, 13th Ward, starting his 31st year on the Cit...
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Stassen-for-President Campaign

Date: 03 02 1948
Description: Victor Johnston (right) state manager of the Stassen-for-President campaign presenting nomination papers for fifteen of the Republican National Convention ...
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Gaylord Nelson Speaks at Democratic Convention

Date: 1962
Description: Nelson stands at a podium and addresses a crowd during a Democratic Convention, probably during the 1962 Senate elections. Behind Nelson are three oversize...
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Governor Oscar Rennebohm Listens to Broadcast

Date: 1948
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm and friends listening to broadcast.
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Election Board

Date: 09 1925
Description: The Clear Lake election board inside the town hall.
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Tallying Ballots

Date: 04 1992
Description: John Bodden, Evageline Koll, and Ralph Ruecker help tally ballots.
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Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson

Date: 07 1952
Description: The Democratic convention, with Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson standing at a podium.
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Ballot Box at the City-County Building

Date: 1978
Description: Ballot box collects the vote by absentee ballot in the City County building.
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Frances for Fitchburg

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Description: The front of a campaign pamphlet for the election of Frances Huntley-Cooper for mayor of Fitchburg.
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Warren Knowles Holding Newspaper

Date: 11 04 1964
Description: A smiling Warren Knowles displays a newspaper with the headline "Johnson Landslide! Reynolds Re-elected". Reynolds was Knowles' political opponent.
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Voting Booths

Date: 11 03 1992
Description: "Voting booths in Theresa."
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Waiting in Line to Vote

Date: 02 21 1989
Description: Seven men wait for the polls to open Tuesday morning at the New Berlin Administration Building.
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Mayoral Candidate, Henry Reynolds

Date: 02 02 1961
Description: Portrait of Henry E. Reynolds, businessman and candidate for Mayor of Madison in the upcoming election.

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