Object
Hartsfield's Landing Primary Ballot Box
Sturdy wooden sentinel squats beneath the bold 'America's first primary' banner in Hartsfield's Landing town hall, jaws gaping to devour folded ballots plunged by voters—Claire and Diana Abernathy stride forward, Barney Braddock follows, 18-year-old Lillian Braddock beams as first-timer—applause erupts like thunder, each thud echoing raw democracy's pulse on midnight television screens flickering in White House frenzy.
2 appearances
Purpose
Receptacle collecting ballots during Hartsfield's Landing Democratic primary election at 12:01am
Significance
Anchors small-town purity against Taiwan Strait peril, ballots cascading deliver prophetic victory and narrative closure, faith in process surges as crisis looms, democracy's heartbeat drowns out superpower shadows.
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