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Aiken Standard in Aiken, South Carolina

01 Nov 1976

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Aiken Standard

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Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Nov 01, 1976

Page

5

Jefferson Junior High Holds Mock Presidential Election

Jefferson Junior High students organized a precinct like system for a mock presidential vote with 30 leaders, voter registration during lunch, and panel debates. Lana Green met President Ford. Jimmy Carter sent a telegram. Elmer Hatcher spoke as a Republican ally. voting occurred during lunch with Friday results planned.

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Vivian Davis Bath - Wise Jefferson Junior High School Midge Newton Newton Miss Newton Aiken County North Augusta Carter Ford Forces Elmer Hatcher Ford Lana Green Columbia Jimmy Carter Jefferson Junior High Lana Greene
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Origins of Republican elephant and Democratic donkey symbols

The piece traces how the Republican elephant originated from a 1874 Harpers Weekly cartoon by Thomas Nast and notes repeated uses before the emblem stuck. It also explains Andrew Jackson coined the donkey symbol after opponents called him a jackass in 1828, with Nast solidifying the Democratic symbol by the 1880s.

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Harpers Weekly Thomas Nast Nast Republican Andrew Jackson
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Carter Wins With 60 Percent In Bath Student Vote

Miss Newton reports Bath student ballot results after noon tally. Carter leads with about 60 percent to Ford's 40 percent. Low turnout blamed on outdoor booths and cold weather plus lunchtime voting.

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Miss Newton Carter Ford Miss Newton
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Computers reshape voting in Aiken County election

In Aiken County the election uses IBM punch cards for ballots. Election officials explain the computer process from card intake to printout results and the rapid official tallies sent to the State Election Commission.

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America Aiken County Eugene England Aiken Electric Co-Op State Election Commission England IBM Aiken
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