Lincoln SANDUSKY Co Ohio Civil War 1864 Election Soldier Ballot Ticket

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This auction is for ONE authentic SANDUSKY Co Ohio Lincoln / Johnson in the Presidential Election of November 8, 1864. Printed for use by a soldier from SANDUSKY County. Ballot Size: about 2.7 in. wide by 7 in. high Back shows it has been folded. B&W paper. Condition: VERY GOOD showing normal age toning for an artifact 152 years old with some aging on the edges . As a result of the counting process, it has Two pin holes. Ohio law did not require the ballot be signed although some were. Ticket is another name for Ballot.Remember, ballots were carried by soldiers fighting a War. The Government DID NOT provide ballots. Political Parties usually distributed ballots already printed with the name of the Soldier's & Sailor's resident county. Often Soldiers & Sailors used a ballot intended for use for another county simply by crossing out or pasting over the Printed county name. However, some ballots were generic and used for any county just by writing on a county name. Handwritten ballots were accepted.In the Presidential Election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln (a Republican) and Andrew Johnson ( a Former Democrat) ran together on the National Union Party Ticket. Fearing Lincoln would not get Re- Elected, the National Republican Party used this temporary name, in 1864, to attract War Democrats and Border State Unionists who would not vote for read more