Election Day Trivia

When did 18-year-olds first get the right to vote?

In 1971 during the Vietnam War. Young people had campaigned long and hard for it: “old enough to fight, old enough to vote.”

In what year were voting machines first used?

1892. They were used for one election in New Jersey, but no one trusted them so they were put back into storage and paper ballots were used until the early 1900s

From a book by Kate Kelly, ELECTION DAY: An American Holiday, An American History.

Tomorrow is election day. As citizens of this great country there is a responsibility that comes with the freedoms we enjoy. And that is to cast a ballot on election day.