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Item
Title
D53980-1
Date(s)
- 1950-11-07 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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William E. Porter was ready to vote in November 1950. He was 81 years old October 20, 1950, and had been voting for 60 years. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1869 and first voted in November 1890. At that time, women were not allowed to vote and there was a $2.00 poll tax collected from each person casting a vote. The sign above the levers that voters used to make their selections reads, "Time Limit, 2 Minutes".
Porter, William E.; Voting--Tacoma--1950-1960; Political elections--Tacoma--1950-1960;