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Decoding Democracy: Election Resources From CHM’s Collections

Technology has a history of influencing elections. From processing votes with the UNIVAC computer in 1952, to Russian manipulation of voters on Facebook in 2016, and exploring today’s issues around election security and reforming tech policy, CHM decodes the intersection of technology, politics, elections, and democracy in our digital world.
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Hollerith Electric Tabulating System replica, 1890 (replica: 1981)
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The Social Media Hype Machine
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The People Machine
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IF/THEN: Democracy at the Crossroads
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Heroes, Communities, and the Politics of Innovation
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The Next Moonshot ... Earth
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Unprecedented: Gen Z's Right to Vote
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Hot Spots and Have-Nots: Revisiting the Digital Divide
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Decoding the Election: Algorithms, AI, and Your Vote
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Decoding the Election: Algorithms, AI and Your Vote
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Election 2020 Discussion Guide for High School Students
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Big Data Gets Political: Personality Studies, Data, and Politics
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The Great Hack: The Cambridge Analytica/Facebook Data Scandal
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From the UNIVAC to Web 2.0: Politics, Computers, and the Making of a 21st-Century Presidency
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David Axelrod: Chief Campaign Strategist for Obama, 2008 and 2012
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Ron Rivest Oral History: Encryption, Cybersecurity, and the 2016 Election
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WinVote Voting Device, ca. 2000
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"Political Guru" or "Political Bystander"? Vote America: Your 1996 Field Guide to Electing a President
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VOTE America: Your Field Guide to Electing a President, CD-ROM, 1996
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California General Election Live Internet Coverage Slide Presentation, 1994
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United States Voting Machines Promotional Pamphlet, 1993
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Voting Machine and Circuit Board, 1980s
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Digicomp DR-70 Astrology Minicomputer, 1978
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AGS Computers Brochure Featuring Computers in Newsroom (ca. 1975)
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PollStar Voting Device and Booth, 1965
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Walter Cronkite and the Univac Used in the 1952 Election
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UNIVAC Predicts the 1952 Election Results

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Source Code

Source code is a form of expression with its own idioms and styles. It's also a historical relic that reveals how programmers have developed solutions that underpin the software that has changed our world. Explore our source code releases from MacPaint and QuickDraw, Eudora, Xerox Alto, and more.
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International Research Conference on the History of Computing

In the summer of 1976, the first generation of computer legends—top engineers, scientists, and software pioneers—got together to reflect on the first 25 years of their discipline at the Los Alamos National Laboratories. After a multi-year recovery and restoration process, here are never-before-seen video recordings of this unique event.
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Technology + Art

From the earliest days of electronic computers, people used them to make art. These clips are from early computer-animated films created between 1963 and 1972.
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