Poll Book

The Parliamentary poll-book of all elections from the passing of the first Reform Act in 1832 to May 1879: With an alphabetical list of all candidates within that period by Frederick Haynes McCalmont ❋ Unknown (2008)

The freeholders of Middlesex, looking only at the poll-book, exclaimed against the iniquity of this measure, as Luttrell had not above a fourth part of the votes which were entered on behalf of Wilkes; and they presented a petition to the commons, begging them to rescind their motion. ❋ Edward Farr (N/A)

Of the names on the poll-book but 62 were on the census roll. ❋ John Sherman (N/A)

An examination of the official poll-book in the County Clerk's office at Springfield shows that all of these figures are erroneous. ❋ Various (N/A)

Votes might be purchased with safety, too, for voting was public and any one might learn from the poll-book how each man had voted. ❋ Carlton J. H. Hayes (1923)

The judges and clerks sat at a table with the poll-book before them. ❋ Ida M. Tarbell (1900)

Photographed from the original poll-book, now on file in the county clerk's office, Springfield, Illinois. ❋ Ida M. Tarbell (1900)

What miracle can restore the books we borrow and lose, or the books we borrow and spoil with ink, or with candle-wax, or which children scrawl or paint over, or which "the dog ate," like the famous poll-book at an Irish election, that fell into the broth, and ultimately into the jaws of an illiterate animal? ❋ Andrew Lang (1878)

"I know you to be my enemy, personal as well as political; but I sincerely wish the name of every voter in the county to appear on the poll-book, though my defeat should be the consequence." ❋ Unknown (1862)

Vivian with him to his study to examine some poll-book, and then put into his hands a letter from Lady Julia Lidhurst, which had been enclosed in one to himself. ❋ Maria Edgeworth (1808)

Nikita and I wrote up what happened: "Saturday's debut was a test of a networked electronic poll-book system that updates almost instantaneously to prevent voters from casting multiple ballots. ❋ Unknown (2010)