League of Women Voters - Clemson Area Records
Mss.0346

 A Register, 1967-2009

Summary Information

Repository
Clemson University Libraries Special Collections
Title
League of Women Voters - Clemson Area Records
ID
Mss.0346
Date
1967-2009
Extent
4.8 cubic feet in 16 boxes consisting of 142 folders, 44 photographs, 19 negatives, and 2 VHS cassettes
Language
English
Abstract
This manuscript collection contains the archives of the League of Women Voters - Clemson Area [LWVCA]. Since 1968, the LWVCA, has served the people of Clemson, Central, Easley, Six Mile, Pickens, Liberty, Dacusville, Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster, Salem, Mountain Rest, Anderson, and Pendleton by encouraging the informed and active participation of citizens in government through education and advocacy.

Preferred Citation

When citing materials from manuscript collections and the University Archives, use the following format: Identification of the item, folder and box number, title of the collection, Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, South Carolina.

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Biographical/Historical note

The League of Women Voters of the Clemson Area (LWVCA) is a non-profit, non-partisan volunteer organization that was formed in 1968. It serves the people of Clemson, Central, Easley, Six Mile, Pickens, Liberty, Dacusville, Seneca, Walhalla, Westminster, Salem, Mountain Rest, Anderson, and Pendleton. The League aims to promote political responsibility through informed participation of citizens in government. The organization is commonly active within issues such as education, fiscal policy, voting rights, health care, and local/county/state governmental affairs. LWVCA members have also provided leadership to the League of Women Voters of South Carolina (LWVSC) by organizing and leading statewide meetings, serving in various capacities on the state board, and researching and preparing materials on selected topics for use by other local Leagues in the state. The group neither supports nor opposes candidates for office at any level of government. Rather, they seek influence on policy by striving to increase understanding through education, advocacy, and political lobbying.

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Scope and Contents note

This collection contains annual meeting reports, 1968-2006; biennial convention workbooks, 1981-1994; board minutes, 1968-2006; bylaws, 1968-1990s; candidates fair documentation, 1970-2006; directories, 1970-2008; news clippings, 1971-2009; correspondence, 1967-2009; as well as various newsletters, reports, photographs, and VHS cassettes.

The annual meeting files contain reports, proposals, budgets, honor/awards recognitions, and updates on local/state governmental issues of importance. Biennial convention workbooks document agendas during these events. The board minutes commonly include location, date, treasurers reports, announcements, publications (national and local news), recreational and voter services, state/local issues, and membership reports. The bylaw files document regulations of the LWVCA concerning the operation and manner of procedure in which the organization was run. Also included are files that chronicle the LWVCA’s organization of local candidate's fairs. These files contain correspondence, names and biographical details pertaining to each candidate, and questionnaires that feature each office seekers individual positions on issues. Directories of local public officials were published every year by the organization and thirty eight are included within this collection. News clippings document the LWVCA’s activities with local, state, and national government. Correspondence within this collection detail internal, community, and state/local interactions. Newsletters such as “Facts,” “SC Voter,” and “The Voter” are included within this collection. Reports that were prepared by the LWVCA have been archived; topics included are: Hartwell Lake, immigration, federal deficit, property taxes, alcohol sales, state lottery, car taxes, solid waste, and the Kenya Project. The latter was an internship program entitled “Woman Power in Politics: Building Grassroots Democracy in Africa.” There are 44 photographs within this collection that depict League members at various meetings and also performing voter service. There are two VHS cassettes. One contains two separate 1994 PBS broadcasts in which panels discuss the pros and cons of health care reform. The other VHS cassette depicts a local LWVCA town meeting that occurred in 1999.

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Arrangement note

The folders have been arranged in alphabetical order accept for the Kenya Project, which has been arranged chronologically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Clemson University Libraries Special Collections

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Acquired from Della Barker, Frances Plotnick, and Holly Ulbrich in accessions 03-115, 03-177, 05-105, and 09-121.

Processing Information note

This collection was processed by Carl Redd, Project Archivist, with assistance from student worker Steven Maclin in 2011.

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Related Materials

Separated Materials note

Photographs and VHS cassettes have been separated due to nature of the items.

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Controlled Access Headings

Geographic Name(s)

  • Local government--South Carolina--Pickens County.
  • South Carolina--Politics and government.

Subject(s)

  • Elections--South Carolina--Clemson--Periodicals.
  • League of Women Voters of the Clemson Area.
  • Voter registration--South Carolina--Clemson--Periodicals.

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Collection Inventory

Box Folder

Action Alerts 2005 

1 1

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Agenda For Action 1999-2009 

1 2

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Annual Meeting (1) 1970-1997 

1 3

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Annual Meeting (2) 1998-2006 

1 4

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Annual Reports 1968-1975 

1 5

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Biennial Convention - Workbooks (1) 1981, 1983, 1985 

1 6

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Biennial Convention - Workbooks (2) 1987, 1989, 1991 

1 7

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Biennial Council - Workbooks 1980, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994 

1 8

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Board Minutes (1) 1968-1970 

2 1

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Board Minutes (2) 1974-1979 

2 2

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Board Minutes (3) 1975-1980 

2 3

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Board Minutes (4) 1980-1981 

2 4

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Board Minutes (5) 1982-1985 

2 5

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Board Minutes (6) 1986-1988 

2 6

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Board Minutes (7) 1989-1990 

2 7

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Board Minutes (8) 1992-1993 

2 8

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Board Minutes (9) 1996-1997 

3 1

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Board Minutes (10) 1998-2004 

3 2

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Board Minutes (11) 2005-2006 

3 3

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Board Reports - Local 

3 4

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Bylaws (1) 1968-1978 

3 5

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Bylaws (2) 1980s 

3 6

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Bylaws (3) 1990s 

3 7

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Candidates Fair (1) 1970-1971 

4 1

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Candidates Fair (2) 1972-1973 

4 2

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Candidates Fair (3) 1974 (1) 

4 3

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Candidates Fair (4) 1974 (2) 

4 4

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Candidates Fair (5) 1976 

4 5

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Candidates Fair (6) 1978 

4 6

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Candidates Fair (7) 1980-1981 

4 7

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Candidates Fair (8) 1982 

5 1

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Candidates Fair (9) 1984 

5 2

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Candidates Fair (10) 1986 

5 3

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Candidates Fair (11) 1988 

5 4

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Candidates Fair (12) 1988-1989 

5 5

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Candidates Fair (13) 1994 

5 6

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Candidates Fair (14) 1999 

5 7

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Candidate Forums (1) 2006 

5 8

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Candidate Forums (2) 2009 

6 1

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Candidate Information 1996-1998 

6 2

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Child Day Care 1989 

6 3

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Clippings (1) 1971 

6 4

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Clippings (2) 1974 

6 5

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Clippings (3) 1975 

6 6

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Clippings (4) 1976 

6 7

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Clippings (5) 1977 

6 8

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Clippings (6) 1978 

6 9

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Clippings (7) 1979 

6 10

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Clippings (8) 1980 

6 11

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Clippings (9) 1982-1986 

6 12

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Clippings (10) 1990 

6 13

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Clippings (11) 1992 

6 14

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Clippings (12) 1994 

6 15

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Clippings (13) 1995 

6 16

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Clippings (14) 1996-2000 

6 17

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Clippings (15) 2001-2007 

6 18

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Clippings (16) 2008 

7 1

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Clippings (17) 2009 

7 2

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Clippings (18) undated 

7 3

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Communications 1987 

7 4

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Correspondence (1) 1967-1972 

7 5

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Correspondence (2) 1973-1978 

7 6

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Correspondence (3) 1980-1991 

7 7

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Correspondence (4) 1993-2009 

7 8

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Correspondence - Consensus Statements 1968-1975 

7 9

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Correspondence - Voter Services 1968-1994 

7 10

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"Crossroads" 1993-1994 

7 11

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Directory of Public Officials (1) 1970-1984 

8 1

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Directory of Public Officials (2) 1985-1997 

8 2

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Directory of Public Officials (3) 1999-2008 

8 3

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Election 2004 

8 4

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"Facts" Newsletter (1) 1975-1991 

8 5

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"Facts" Newsletter (2) 1991-1996 

8 6

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"Facts" Newsletter (3) 1997-2001 

8 7

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Federal Deficit, The 1980s 

8 8

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Finance 1969-1983 

9 1

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"First Steps" 2005, undated 

9 2

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Flyers (Recreational) 1972-2008 

9 3

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Fundraising Drive 1995 

9 4

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Fundraising Tools 

9 5

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Hartwell Lake Management Plan 1974-1976 

9 6

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Home Rule 2006 

9 7

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Immigration Study 

9 8

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"Impact On Issues" 1982-1984 

9 9

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International Forum - Washington DC 1999 

9 10

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"In Touch" 1990-1991 

9 11

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Kenya Project 1997-2001 

9 12

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Kenya - Proposals 1999-2000, undated 

9 13

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Kenya - Phase 1 

10 1

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Kenya - Phase 2 

10 2

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Kenya - Phase 3 

10 3

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Kenya - To Clemson 2001 

10 4

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Kenya - To Clemson 2002 

10 5

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Kenya - Final Report 2002 

10 6

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"Know Your State" (Preliminary Study) 1951 

10 7

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Local Government 1980-1990 

10 8

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Local Programs 1989-1994 

10 9

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Membership Lists 1968-2008 

10 10

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National Board Report (1) 1975-1985 

11 1

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National Board Report (2) 1988 

11 2

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Oconee Membership Project 1985-1995 

11 3

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Planning Commission 1970s 

11 4

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Policies 2001 

11 5

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Pollution and Hazardous Waste 1980s 

11 6

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Proclamation: League of Women Voters Day in Clemson 1997 

11 7

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Program Planning Reports 1995-2008 

11 8

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Property Tax Convergence 2001 

11 9

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Property Tax Reforms 2005-2006 

11 10

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Publicity and Press Releases 1976-2006 

11 11

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Public Information 1973 

11 12

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Referendum - Alcohol Sales 1995 

11 13

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Referendum - Car Tax and Lottery 2000 

11 14

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Regulation and Electoral Laws - South Carolina 1968-1974 

11 15

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School District - Pickens County, South Carolina 1993 

11 16

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SC Voter (1) 1968-1972 

12 1

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SC Voter (2) 1971-1980 

12 2

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SC Voter (3) 1981-1986 

12 3

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SC Voter (4) 1995-2008 

12 4

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Signs (various) 

12 5

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Solid Waste (1) 1970s-1980s 

12 6

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Solid Waste (2) 1970s-1980s 

12 7

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Solid Waste Survey 1970s 

12 8

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Speakers Bureau 1970s 

12 9

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State Convention 1995 

13 1

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State Directories 1998-2009 

13 2

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Survey Report: Pickens County and Clemson City Government - Draft 1970 

13 3

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Survey Report: Pickens County and Clemson City Government - Final 1970 

13 4

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Trade Act 1969 

13 5

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Town Forum - Central, SC 2005 

13 6

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Town Forum - STI 1999 

13 7

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Video Poker Panel 1999 

13 8

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"Voter, The" (1) 1968-1970 

13 9

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"Voter, The" (2) 1971-1972 

13 10

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"Voter, The" (3) 1973-1975 

14 1

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"Voter, The" (4) 1976-1977 

14 2

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"Voter, The" (5) 1978-1979 

14 3

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"Voter, The" (6) 1980-1982 

14 4

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"Voter, The" (7) 1983-1985 

14 5

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"Voter, The" (8) 1986-1988 

14 6

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"Voter, The" (9) 1989-1991 

14 7

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"Voter, The" (10) 1992-1997 

15 1

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"Voter, The" (11) 1998-2000 

15 2

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"Voter, The" (12) 2001-2005 

15 3

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"Voter, The" (13) 2006-2009 

15 4

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Voter Services 1999-2007 

15 5

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Voting Systems (DRE touch screen) 

15 6

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Photographs and Negatives   Separated due to nature of item.

16 1

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VHS Cassette - Health Care Reform 1994   Separated due to nature of item.

16 2

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VHS Cassette - LWVCA Town Meeting 1999   Separated due to nature of item.

16 3

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