Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Ballots
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Description
In early 19th century American elections, political parties printed ballots in newspapers or distributed them at the polls. These documents listed everyone running for office from that specific party. Mississippi did not adopt the secret ballot supplied by the state and listing all parties’ candidates until 1890.
Publication Date
9-27-2017
Relational Format
video recording
Recommended Citation
McWhite, Leigh, "Celebrating Mississippi's Bicentennial: Ballots" (2017). University Videos. 68.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/umvideo/68
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Audio or Video Captioning