EPHEMERA : POSTERS

Title: Warning to Voters
Object Name: Political poster
Date Made: 1974
1974
Description: An official Government poster used during Westminster Election Campaign, 28th February 1974. Issued as a warning to voters about personating an elector or voting more than once. Printed black text on white. The problem of personation had a long history in Northern Ireland even leading some cynics to use a phrase believed to have originated in the United States; ‘vote early and vote often.’
Materials: paper
Place Collected
Date Collected: 1974
1974
Catalogue Number: BELUM.O202.1974
Copyright: National Museums NI

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