Vote: The Machinery of Democracy . John F. Kennedy handbill. In the election of 1960, half of the estimated 65 million ballots were cast on gear-and-lever voting machines. .
Mechanical Lever Machines On mechanical lever voting machines, the name of each candidate or ballot issue choice is assigned a particular lever in a rectangular array of levers on the .
No. 486: Voting Machines . In the early machines voters pulled levers. The levers advanced counters inside. Inspectors zeroed the counters before the election and read them afterward. .
