Ballot Box / Voting Machines

India is voting for a new government and I thought it would be a good time for me to capture how the ballot boxes / voting machines from around the world look like.

US - early 1800's

Probably first voting box that kept count of votes instantly? US - late 1800's

Again US - glass ballot box

US - carton box

US - early 1900's

Tribal ballot box called 'Noken' - Papua, Indonesia

Slovenia

Haiti

Since 1988, France made it compulsory to use clear ballot boxes

Late 1800's - New York

First 'electric' voting machine. Used the punchcard concept

Electronic - swipe your national id card

Similar, slot your ID card and vote

Dual votes - maybe for state and national?

The famous 'pull the lever' machine. Used in New York in 2008.

Turn the dial - and vote!

And our very own - India

Appealing Chairs

Storage Chair

Sound Chair - imagine sitting on such a speaker with full volume :D

Interesting... not just the chair but also laptop stand

This is neat. You can fold it into a chair and when not in use it can be hung on the wall as a painting

Scary! How does one get into that chair in the first place?

Trust Japanese to come up with such things. The shoe acts as a pump to blow air into her skirt, which then becomes a chair! She certainly needs a chair if she is going to walk around in those shoes!

Cutlery chair! ouch!