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LWV of Alachua County is proud to partner with the Matheson History Museum on their Voices and Votes: Alachua County exhibit. As part of the programming around that exhibit and the 2024 election, the Matheson is presenting Florida! Florida! Florida!: Presidential Elections in the Sunshine State with Boyd Murphree, Ph.D.
Beginning in 1876 with the contested Hayes-Tildon election through the Bush-Gore battle in 2000 and the Trump-Clinton contest in 2016, Florida has played a crucial role in determining the outcome of presidential elections.
Boyd Murphree, Political Papers Archivist for Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida’s George A. Smathers Libraries, will talk about Florida’s role in some of the nation’s presidential primaries and general elections from 1876 to 2016 and present images illustrating those elections from UF’s large and diverse holdings of presidential election documents, publications, and artifacts.
LWVAC will be tabling at the event and welcomes volunteers to man the table. Please contact vote [at] lwv-alachua.org (Voter Services) to sign up.
If you would like to attend the event as a guest, please use the links below to RSVP to attend either in person or via Zoom.
The Matheson History Museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
