Election Day looked like that? See when Miami voters pulled levers or punched ballots
By Miami Herald Archives
Crowds at a Miami Beach precinct in 1969.
Bob East
Miami Herald File
We know what Election Day in South Florida looks like these days.
Mail-in ballots. Early voting. Ballots with bubbles to be filled in by voters.
But Election Day back when was one day only. And voters closed a curtain and pulled levers in a private voting booth, before a switch had us punch holes in our ballots.
Let’s take a look at Election Day in past years through photos from the Miami Herald archives:
Scenes at the polling place
A couple rests before voting at Miami Beach in 1968. Joe Schuppe Miami Herald File
A child plays under his father’s voting both at the fire station in South Beach in 1984. Miami Herald File
Voting in Miami Shores in 1986. Robin Cohen Miami Herald File
Chris, a Weimaraner, sits beside his master, George Reaburn, with a campaign sign strung around his neck near a South Miami polling place in 1958. Bob East Miami Herald File
Bernie Heller checks his ballot in 1985 after making his selections before depositing her vote in absentee voting at Miami Beach City Hall. Randy Bazemore Miami Herald File
Voting crowds
Crowds at a Miami Beach precinct in 1969. Bob East Miami Herald File
Voters wait to cast their ballots in Miami in 1992. Miami Herald File
Crowds line up at the Miami Beach Ocean Auditorium in 1969. Bob East Miami Herald File
Election leaders
Miami-Dade election officials ready voting machines in 1974. Bob East Miami Herald File
In 1984, Miami-Dade canvassing committee starts to count over 28,000 absentee ballots, with elections supervisor David Leahy, Judge Norman S. Gerstein and Commissioner Beverly Phillips Bob East Miami Herald File
In 1988, David Leahy, elections supervisor inf Miami-Dade, holds a ballot (left background) while County Judge Steve Levine (right background) rules on it. Tim Chapman Miami Herald File
North Miami precinct workers at the Armory as voters line up in 1964. John Pineda Miami Herald File
League of Women Voters members answer questions at a booth at a Lincoln Road bank building in South Beach in 1966. Albert Coya Miami Herald File
Easter Lily Gates of Fort Lauderdale, county supervisor of registration, wears a Seminole Indian costume in 1960. Miami Herald File
Politicians cast their vote
Public Service Commission candidate Gerald (Jerry) Lewis of Miami votes at his precinct in 1972. Miami Herald File
Florida Gov. Bob Graham votes at a Miami Lakes fire station in 1982. John Walther Miami Herald File
