Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

On this Election Day, here’s a story about an early and not-too-well-known effort to help count votes that came from none other than Thomas Edison. Plus: photographer Ryan Donnell has been documenting some of the most unusual polling places in the country.  Thomas Edison’s First Patented Invention—a Voting Machine for Congress—Was a Total Flop (Mental Floss) Ryan Donnell: Polling Places (Wonderful Machine) Cast a vote for Cool Weird Awesome as a backer on Patreon! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message