Object

Bartlet's New Hampshire Ballot Filing Book

Bartlet hurtles the book through Oval Office air, a deliberate lob that Charlie plucks from flight—leather-bound heft slapping into young aide's grasp as President brands personal ballot filing democracy's raw pulse. Sturdy tome bears ritual wear, transforming playful campaign rite into stark prelude for submarine blackout peril, fingers tightening on cover as world tilts.

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Purpose

Registering presidential candidacy declaration for the New Hampshire primary ballot

Significance

Embodiment of Bartlet's insistence on hands-on democratic participation, catapulting light banter into command crisis and underscoring re-election's fragile veneer against national threats

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S3E6 · Gone Quiet

Leo Abruptly Halts Bartlet's NH Filing Trip with U.S.S. Portland Silence

Bartlet hurls the leather-bound New Hampshire ballot filing book through the air to Charlie, who catches it mid-flight; it embodies the 'profound statement about democracy' ritual, transforming playful campaign sacrament into a harbinger tossed aside as submarine news derails the trip.

Before: Held by Bartlet in Oval Office

After: Caught and held by Charlie in Oval Office

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