Jacob C Myers invented the first mechanical voting machine in an election in Lockport, in New York in 1892. W. Sumpter Black, a machinist and draftsman from Baltimore, USA also invented a voting machine.
In 1893, Black’s invention of a “perfected and improved ballot box” caught the attention of The New York Times. By the 1965 general election in the USA, a bill had been passed, making the use of voting machines mandatory.
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