The sun., 1894-11-11

would lock the knobs Of every other candidate
for Mayor so that there would he no danger OF
When the % Voter leave lcayers st the booth by tho "ext"
door all OF the levers and knobs are released by
the action OF the door, and the booth is ready
for another voter. There has been some talk TO
the effect that the voter might be confused by a
multiplicity of candidates, but the provision OF
elections from those for municipal officers has
disposed Of that adverse argument.
Outside the booth the voter will find a chart
representing the position of the knobs and their
relation to the candidates. which will assist him
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the political poll workers in instructing their
friends. Only, blind man would be Incapable OF
voting with the machine, but he might have as
eistance, the law so providing.
In an actual village election, where It is true
more than one thousand votes have been reg
istercd by a single machine, and the inventor
claims for II capacity which would permit OF
greatly reducing the number. OF election dis
tricts in this city, were II used here thus greatly
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does the rest. Back of those long rows OF levers
and knobs is a shallow box fitted into the back
chinery, which is worked when the levers are
pulled or the knobs pushed by the voters. This
that OF the automatic cash registers, or a better
comparison, perhaps, would be the counting
papers run Off by a printing press, or the fare
registers on street car.
This counting machinery. is protected by a
door which cannot be opened accept by the In
spectors of Election after the voting Is done and
then the canvass OF the vote is practically COM
pleted. The exact vote cast for every candidate
will he indicatd by the machines. Should the tai
ly of voters who entered the booth kept by the
Election Inspectors and poll clerks not agree
with the machine, the conclusion would be that
fallible man was mistaken, and that the ma
chimes record was accurate.
Inventor Myers says that two votes a minute
can be cast by the use OF his machine. Provision
Is made for independent candidates for single
ofices, who have been properly nominated. and
each Will have his separate knob. Not TO de-
prtve the dtscontented voter OF his right TO vote
Tor whom he pleases, whether nominated or not.
provision Will be made for the reception OF such
ballots and their deposit in a box outside OF the
booth.
AS TO the cost OF the machines, they are ss-
timated 10 be worth $3.50 apiece. This city
would certainly need 1000, IL not more. ON
the other hand, the saving through their use
would be more than 100000 a year, as indi-
dated by the estimate OF the Bureau OF Flee
tions OF the cost of elections under the present
BY stem, In the first place. ballot and poll clerks
might be done away with. They are to be paid
$57 900 this year. A dOOrkeeper for each ma
chine might be required In their place, how
ever. The printing or the ballots this year cost
100000, and there was $4,000 expended in fit-
ting up polling places, which would not DO
needed with the machines. Added 20 this
would be the saving consequent on a very con-
siderable diminutiOn in the number OF polling
places which II Is believed would be rendered
possible by the Introduction OF the voting ma