Name: Beaver Island reports 36 voters in the August 1962 primary, 1962
Start: 1962-08-07
End: 1962-08-07
Location: Beaver Island

Beaver Island reports 36 voters in the August 1962 primary, 1962

Also August 1962 Beaver Island primary election turnout

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TypeEvent

Date1962-08-07

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1962-08-07
Kind: Election
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: governancedemographycommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The August 1962 Beaver Beacon reported that 36 of 128 eligible Beaver Island voters participated in the August 7 primary election: 27 Republicans and 9 Democrats.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper turnout report. It does not provide candidate totals, precinct returns, or a government canvass.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, August 1962, “The Right to Vote.”
Reports that 27 Republicans and 9 Democrats, out of 128 eligible Beaver Island voters, voted in the August 7 primary election. It does not provide candidate totals, precinct returns, or a government canvass.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1962, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held five-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published turnout report; it does not expand the election results.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1962-08_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island reports 36 voters in the August 1962 primary, 1962”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-august-1962-primary-election-turnout/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1962, “The Right to Vote.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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