Local history: Old voting booths are worth recounting
Women line up to cast their ballots Nov. 4, 1958, in a voting booth for Ward 4, Precinct V, at Norka Avenue and Sheck Street in East Akron. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Poll workers huddle around a table Nov. 7, 1972, at a dilapidated voting booth on Hayne Road near Canton Road in Springfield Township. The women are identified as (from left) Mrs. Julius Calderone, Mrs. William D. Buckles, Mrs. John Olah, Mrs. John Hornback and Mrs. Lewis Murray. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Precinct judge Richard Barrett waits for voters to arrive before dawn Nov. 2, 1948, at the booths at Merriman and Mentor roads in West Akron. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
Summit County Democratic Party chairman E.E. Leonard, a Board of Elections member, surveys the damage Nov. 2, 1965, after a voting booth caught fire on Stoner Street in Akron. A potbellied stove caused the fire, causing workers and voters to flee. (Akron Beacon Journal file photo)
