What does the ballot and the bullet symbolize

"throngs rushed to the coastal area near the airport from which the plane had taken off, overloaded with relief supplies clemente wanted to make sure reached the victims of an earthquake in nicaragua."

well, there are online sites that can make it look like a texting screenshot, so u can make it like hamilton texting jefferson through that, and he can start with him being like, i know it's out of the blue, but blah blah blah