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Boston has a long tradition of banning boozing while you vote
By adamg on Tue, 11/07/2017 - 8:38am
Back in the day, Boston voters had to be reminded not to drink. Also, lady voters needed their own instructions.
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What's with all the fonts in
What's with all the fonts in old tymey signs. Is that how people spoke?
Helvetica
In 100 years people will question why ever sign was in Helvetica or Times New Roman.
By then Comic Sans will be the default for all formal signs.
In 100 years, people will
In 100 years, people will judge us by our emojis.
Gotta break that text up
Gotta break that text up somehow and the options were limited. Not like they could just jump into Photoshop and shade different box colors
Women voters in 1895?
I had no idea that women could vote in MA (or at least Boston) that early.
Me neither!
Turns out women could vote as early as 1879--but only for school committee members. Women didn't get full voting rights in Mass. until 1920, when the 19th amendment passed.
Info found at this very interesting site: http://primaryresearch.org/woman-suffrage-in-massachusetts/
Of course they banned drinking in polling places
Can you imagine the bureaucratic nightmare if every polling place had to appear before the Licensing Board to get a liquor permit?
OTOH, perhaps it would encourage more people to get out and vote. Joe's Bar, Grill, and Precinct 7 Polling.
So wrong
As a Quincy resident and voter, knocking back a few pops is the only way that I can cope with the woefully limited number viable candidates among a sea of scoundrels and worse running for local offices.