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WEBEdison’s “electrographic vote-recorder” had the names of all the voters listed twice: in a “Yes” column on one side, and a “No” column on the other.
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WEBOn June 1, 1869, Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Electric Vote Recorder, U.S. Patent No. 90,646. While he is known for inventing the light bulb and the phonograph, Thomas Edison is also the face behind an invention that could have changed the course of American history.
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WEBVote Recorder. Edison's first patented invention was a vote recorder for use by legislative bodies such as Congress. He may have been spurred by reports in the Telegrapher that the Washington, D.C., City Council planned to install an electric vote recorder and that the New York State legislature was considering one as well.
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WEBEdison received a patent for this electrographic vote recorder in 1869. Legislative bodies could record votes accurately and instantaneously with his device. Edison's invention stirred little interest and was never manufactured. The invention's significance, however, should not be overlooked.
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WEBFeb 11, 2016 · The event propelled Edison to work on what would become his first patented invention: a machine which recorded the ballots of would-be voters with the help of a simple switch and an electric...
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WEBApr 18, 2004 · In Boston in 1869, Edison earned his first patent, for an electrical vote recorder designed for the Massachusetts State Legislature. But he found that the politicians weren't interested in speeding up their voting process, …
WEBElectrical Vote Recorder. Edison was a 21-year-old telegraph operator when he filed for his first patent in 1868, for a machine that allowed lawmakers to press a “yes” or a “no” button from their seats, saving the time of individual voice voting and tallying.
WEBTHOMAS A. EDISON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS,ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND DEWITT C. ROBERTS, OF SAME PLACE. MPROVEMENT IN ELECTROGRAPH iC vote-RECORDER. Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 90,646, dated June 1, 1869. To all whom it may concern: Beit known that I, THOMAs A. EDISON, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of
Edison’s first patented invention, the Electrographic Vote Recorder ...
WEBThomas Edison 1868/1868. Museum of Innovation & Science. Schenectady, United States. Edison invented the vote recorder in Boston when Edison was 21 years of age and patented it in1868.
WEBHistory of Electronic Voting Before 1970. In 1869, Thomas Edison registered a patent for the first electric vote recorder.2 Edison designed the system after learning that the Washington, DC, city council and the New York state legislature were considering systems to record votes automatically.