Voting machine from the 1970s

That or similar used for years. Had to open the back to gather the numbers, called them out while TWO wrote the numbers on two tally sheets. Both tally sheets had to match, Which ultimately were signed by the two poll clerks as well as the Judge and assistant(titles only, often rotated among the clerks for each different election.)

Each row had a letter and the numbers went across..Like A-1, A-2,

I remember hold my son in my arms to watch when I first voted, early '60s. We were using the same/similar machines into the '80s..

I voted in the 1972 presidential election using a machine like this. I remember pulling the lever to close the curtain and pulling the lever back to open the curtain.

I have voted in every presidential election since 1972. I don’t remember when our local machines changed from this full length one to one that was a tabletop version. I do remember that one year when using a machine like this the lever would not open the curtain. I had to push the curtain aside and ask for Assistance. There was a big kerfuffle because no one was supposed to open the curtain except the voter.

I now do all my voting by mail. However, this year may be the first year since I was eligible to vote that I will not be voting in the presidential election.

I remember voting on those machines! You had to pull the little levers down next to the names you were voting for.

That's how I voted in Louisiana.

Never voted via machine, but I do remember going to the polling place (usually a school in my neighborhood) and receiving a paper ballot and being directed to a voting booth.

I never used one to cast an actual vote, but I did learn how to vote using one of those. My school gymnasium was being used as a voting location when I was about 10 or so, and the teachers, knowing this would happen, had us learning about the process ahead of time, and having mock voted for one another and then the actual candidates at the time. And then when the machines were brought in, we all were brought to the gym one class at a time to have our turn "voting". I remember how we all giggled as we closed the curtains, trying make sure we had complete privacy in there.

But then once I had my curtain "just so", and I turned around to the actual machine, I felt like it was completely overwhelming and I couldn't remember what we had been taught to do.

I can't remember if I voted in these machines or went with my parents to vote but I do remember them.

We used these voting machines until a few years ago. We definitely used them through both Obama elections.