Grade Range: 9-12 Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities,
Primary Source Date Posted: 8/18/2008 Efforts to ensure the
funding of modern, accurate, and secure voting machines is the
focus of this part of the online exhibition entitled Vote: The
Machinery of Democracy from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of
American History. Students will learn about current computerized
systems and the movement towards touch screen ballots that
include redundant security and verification features. Historical
Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12) United States History Standards
(Grades 5-12)