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Polling-booth ticket, 1919

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Polling-booth ticket, 1919

Polling-booth tickets were issued to voters to speed up the checking of the electoral roll. The ticket identified the voter by the number against his or her name on the roll, and on the back had a list of local polling places. The ticket shown here was issued in 1919, for the Auckland West electorate.

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Reference: Ephemera-GeneralElection-1919

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Bryce Edwards, Elections and campaigns – Elections, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/ephemera/35140/polling-booth-ticket-1919 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Bryce Edwards, published 23 May 2012, updated 1 July 2016.