Para votaren Ausencia en Virginia: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A single-page, single-sided Spanish-language document from the Obama campaign field office in Virginia. The document consists of a single sheet of white paper, printed on one side in black ink. The heading of the document reads [Para Votaren Ausencia / en Virginia]. [Para Votaren Ausencia] is in a medium-sized bold font and [en Virginia] is in a larger font and [ en ] is italicized. This document describes who is eligible to cast an absentee ballot in Virginia and how to cast ballots either in-person or by mail.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2008
• Created by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Democratic Party of Virginia, American, founded 1926
• Subject of: President Barack Obama, American, born 1961
• Subject of: Democratic Party, American, founded 1828
• Subject of: Obama for America, American, founded 2007
• Type: documents
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
• Place collected: Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Communities
• Topic: Government
• Topic: Politics
• Topic: Suffrage
• Topic: U.S. History, 2001-
• Object number: 2011.93.41.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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