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Voting House
A voting house, sometimes called an election house, polling house, or a voting hall, is a type of American vernacular architecture used by local governments in rural areas of the United States as a polling station. Dedicated voting houses have been used since the second half of the 19th century. The advent of modern voting machines contributed to the obsolescence of voting houses. Description and history The purpose of a voting house was, generally speaking, to reduce travel time for rural voters who would otherwise have to leave their farms or worksites to go to polling places in distant courthouses and/or to minimize the distractions and disorder that came from using trying to hold an election in a working schoolhouse or similar public facility. As a class, voting houses have been described as a seemingly "innocuous and non-descript" building type. Voting houses were often constructed with locally available materials, such as New Deal-era Works Progress Administration, WPA-bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Skippers Road Emporia VA Voting House
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a Ugandan Bush War, five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
