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Commemorating the Commemorating the One Hundredth Anniversary (1916-2016) One Hundredth Anniversary (1916-2016) Of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION

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DEMOCRATIC LINE PERFORATION REPUBLICAN ESTABLISHED MARCH 1, 1863 MANCHESTER. N. H.. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 5. 1892 12 PAGES VOLUME 30, NUMBER 213 PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION “Free Men at the Polls. — The Secret LINE PERFORATION Ballot Puts PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION

an End to Espionage, Bossism and LINE PERFORATION Intimidation”

COLUMBIA CROYDON DANBURY DUBLIN DUNBARTON DURHAM EAST KINGSTON EASTON FEBRUARY 9, 2016 FEBRUARY 9, 2016

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PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 3 LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION I hereby declare my preference for candidate for the Office of 4 I hereby declare my preference for candidate for the Office of 4 LINE PERFORATION PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES to be as follows: 5 PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES to be as follows: 5 LINE PERFORATION VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE: PERFORATION LINE PERFORATION 6 VOTE FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE: 6 Matt Drozd Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 7 Mark Stewart Greenstein West Hartford, Connecticut 7 J. Daniel Dyas, Sr. Daphne, Alabama 8 EATON EFFINGHAM ELLSWORTH ENFIELD , New York FREEDOM GILFORD GREENFIELD HAMPTON FALLS SCORE LOCATION Commemorating the 8 Lorton, Virginia 9 SCORE LOCATION Commemorating the Brock C. Hutton Linthicum, Maryland 9 One Hundredth Anniversary (1916-2016) Richmond, Virginia 10 One Hundredth Anniversary (1916-2016) Midland, Texas SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION 10 Of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Seneca, South Carolina 11 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION Of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary Lloyd Kelso Gastonia, North Carolina SCORE LOCATION 11 Santa Rosa Beach, Florida 12 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION Steven Roy Lipscomb Santa Fe, New Mexico 12 SCORE LOCATION Kevin Glenn Huey Aurora, Colorado 13 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION Star Locke Harlingen, Texas 13 SCORE LOCATION REPUBLICAN Walter N. Iwachiw Sunnyside, New York 14 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION DEMOCRATIC Robert Lovitt Lexington, Kentucky 14 SCORE LOCATION Baton Rouge, Louisiana 15 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION ABSENTEE William H. McGaughey, Jr. Minneapolis, Minnesota 15 John R. Kasich Westerville, Ohio 16 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION ABSENTEE Raymond Michael Moroz Colonie, New York 16 Front page of the Manchester Union, November 5, 1892, three days before New Hampshire’s first state-wide election using Frank Lynch Jupiter, Florida 17 SCORE LOCATION Edward T. O’Donnell, Jr. Bridgeport, Pennsylvania 17 state issued ballot boxes and printed ballots, both provided at state expense to insure the privacy of the voting process. Robert L. Mann New Albany, Indiana 18 Martin J. O’Malley Baltimore, Maryland 18 Manchester, New Hampshire 19 Burlington, Vermont 19 Stephen John McCarthy Fairborn, Ohio 20 Brandon, Florida Graham Schwass Haverhill, Massachusetts 20 Peter Messina 21 Garrison, New York Bronx, New York 21 22 SCORE LOCATION Bowling Green, Kentucky Edward Sonnino New York, New York 22 23 HILL JACKSON JEFFERSON LEMPSTER Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin LYMAN LYME MADISON MARLBOROUGH

SCORE LOCATION Chomi Prag Michael A. Steinberg Tampa, Florida 24 SCORE LOCATION 23 SCORE LOCATION Joe Robinson Brookline, Massachusetts Rockport, Massachusetts 25 SCORE LOCATION 24 SCORE LOCATION West Miami, Florida SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION David John Thistle Manchester, New Hampshire 26 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION 25 SCORE LOCATION FEBRUARY 9, 2016 Great Falls, Virginia SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION 27 James Valentine Miami Beach, Florida SCORE LOCATION 26 SCORE LOCATION IN Donald J. Trump , New York SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION 28 FEBRUARY 9, 2016 Richard Lyons Weil Fort Collins, Colorado SCORE LOCATION 27 SCORE LOCATION Richard P.H. Witz Spencer, Massachusetts SCORE LOCATION

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IN John Wolfe SCORE LOCATION 28 HAMPSTEAD Coral Gables, Florida 30 SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION Jon Adams New York, New York 29 West Palm Beach, Florida 31 SCORE LOCATION BETHLEHEM Steve Burke Heuvelton, New York 30 Mendham, New Jersey 32 Chappaqua, New York 31 Stephen B. Comley, Sr. Rowley, Massachusetts 33 Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente San Diego, 32 REP. STEPHEN A. BULLOCK RICHMOND BETHLEHEM REP. JOHNSecretary G.M. GLESSNER of State Tim Cook Browns Summit, North Carolina 34 Eric Elbot Groton, Massachusetts 33 Houston, Texas 35 Secretary of State Bill French Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 34 Democratic State Rep. Stephen A. Bullock of Richmond, left, authored legislation in 1913 creating the first New Hampshire presidential primary, to be Brooks A. Cullison Olney, Illinois 36 WRITE-IN 35 held in May 1916. In 1915, Rep. John G.M. Glessner, Republican of Bethlehem, right, sponsored a bill to change the date to the second Tuesday in March. WRITE-IN 37 36 The state’s first presidential primary election was therefore held on March 14, 1916. 38 SCORE LOCATION MIDDLETON MILAN MONROE MOULTONBOROUGH SCORE LOCATION NELSON NEW HAMPTON NEWBURY NEWTON 37 39 SCORE LOCATION

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HISTORICAL 1892 NEW HAMPSHIRE SCORE LOCATION BALLOT BOXES SCORE LOCATION Section 19, Laws of New Hampshire, 1891: “The secretary of state shall provide every city and town with a ballot box for useSCORE LOCATION at each polling place…(they) shall have sufficient locks and keys…be provided SCORE LOCATION SCORE LOCATION with a bell and mechanical devices for receiving, registering and cancelling every ballot deposited therein…The city and town clerks shall have care and custody thereof, and shall keep them in good repair;

and if any of them are lost, stolen, or irreparably damaged, they shall, at the expense of the city or town…replace same by simSCORE LOCATION ilar ballot boxes…” SCORE LOCATION In compliance with the above statute, the secretary of state issued ballot boxes to the state’s 272 polling places for use in the 1892 general election at a cost to the state treasury of $595.00, not including SCORE LOCATION delivery charges. This presidential election is the first time the state issued both ballot boxes and printed paper ballots for use in state-wide elections, to insure the secrecy of the voting process for the people SCORE LOCATION of New Hampshire.

SCORE LOCATION The printing of the 1892 ballots was overseen by the Secretary of State and produced by the state’s Public Printer, Ira C. Evans of Concord, founder of what is now Evans Printing Co., a business that has continued to print New Hampshire ballots since that time. Three Cent U.S. Postage Stamp, “Roots Of Democracy” Series, Issued December 8, 1977 Time capsule by retired Hampton Firefighter, IAFF 2664, David Weber on behalf of Professional Firefighters. One of two replicas of the originals, suggested by former State Senator Jim Splaine of Portsmouth to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the NH Presidential Primary for display at the State House Towns with the red labels indicate ballot boxes used in all state and town elections since 1892 to present. Those with blue labels indicate occasional use for town meeting or special elections, or are available TAMWORTH TEMPLE THORNTON TUFTONBORO WAKEFIELD WALPOLE in communities for public display. The assistance of town and city clerks and interested citizens of their communities made this anniversary project possible. WARREN WATERVILLE VALLEY WILMOT WILTON WINDHAM WINDSOR