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A new mail-voting exhibition is a reminder that its use dates back to the Civil War
The “Voting by Mail” exhibition at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C., tracks the long history of mail-in voting in the United States with a selection of historical ballot envelopes, election mailers and photographs. Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR …