DOWNTOWN — Voting technology has come a long way over the past 100-plus years.
Check out some of the photos of Chicagoans voting provided by Chicago History Museum.
The photos include a man standing in a "voting machine" around 1905 (before women were even legally allowed to vote). The voting machine (top photo) was invented by Chicago's Anthony Beranek in the 1880s and used push buttons. Each row represented an office for which to vote, and each column represented a political party.
Here are some other photos (below and in slideshow above) showing Chicago's history at the ballot box, all courtesy of Chicago History Museum.
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (1853-1937), governor of Illinois from 1913-17, standing by a ballot box with his wife and their daughter, Mona, Chicago, Illinois, November 7, 1916. This image was taken in Chicago.
Harold Washington voting on election morning in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, April 12, 1983.
Three-quarter length portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Loesch voting at a voting poll center in a room in Chicago, dark exposure. Mr. Loesch is standing with crutches, handing a ballot to a man standing behind a ballot box.
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