Vote: The Machinery of Democracy
July 14-December 31, 2004 at the National Museum of American History

How votes are counted, and who counts them, are issues as important as who votes.

This exhibition looks at the history of voting methods in the United States, which are as varied as the individual states and their local election districts.

Vote: The Machinery of Democracy explores how ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years as a response to political, social, and technological change, transforming the ways in which Americans vote.

This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Museum of American History.

Smithsonian National Museum of American History Behring Center