Story: Elections and campaigns

Polling-booth ticket, 1919 (1st of 4)

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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Auckland City Libraries - Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference: Ephemera-GeneralElection-1919

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Bryce Edwards, 'Elections and campaigns - Elections', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/35140/polling-booth-ticket-1919 (accessed 29 March 2024)

Story by Bryce Edwards, published 20 Jun 2012, updated 1 Jul 2016