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Tally Clerk's Pencil

Red pencil, nearly a stub, with text partially visible reading, “le Carmine Red 425T 324” and a gently used eraser/tiles/collection/2/26751.xml
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Red pencil, nearly a stub, with text partially visible reading, “le Carmine Red 425T 324” and a gently used eraser
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Date

2012

Dimensions

4 x 1/4 in. (10.2 x 0.6 cm)

Accession Number

2013.009.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Tally clerks use red and blue pencils to mark votes during roll call votes. This one was used in the 2013 election of the Speaker of the House. Most motions in the House Chamber use electronic voting, a process introduced in 1973, as the main method of recording individual votes, but some are still tallied by hand.

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