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QU: "ballot tubes"
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Jim Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>
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Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:21:21 -0500
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Today I ran across a bill from Orange County (Va) to a firm named
Larmand & O'Sullivan for "130 ballot tubes," price $0.75 total.  Has
anyone on either list HEARD of ballot tubes?  Given the small number of
eligible voters, 130 would likely have been plenty for the entire
county.  Was this a "double measure" to protect the secret ballot with
the tubes being placed in the ballot box?

 

Any answers on- or off-line appreciated and, as always, pardon the
cross-post.

 

Regards,

 

Jim Watkinson

 

James D. Watkinson, Ph.D.

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