Miscellaneous - Ballot Box and Clay Voting Balls

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Miscellaneous - Ballot Box and Clay Voting Balls

This is a wooden box (in the shape of a tray) used for early voting in the Worthington Grange (info from Ted Porter). If you drew the black ball you didn't get into the grange. There is also a bag of small white clay balls and what appear to be plastic (?) black cubes from the Worthington Grange which would have been placed into a hole and would later have been counted as votes for or against 'white balls elect, black cubes reject.'. The white clay balls are quite old but the black cubes are much more recent. The balls should be kept with the ballot box. This is the original 'black ball' notion. Identify Catherine Rude Sena.

Artifacts

17.1 x 24.1 x 11.4 cm (6.8 x 9.5 x 4.5 in)

1866/1899

2007-06-23

On Display