The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-15
OUR ELECTION SYSTEM.
Az ILdBORdTE PLiN or yOTTNG
PROPOSED.
Which the Writer Claims VIII Insure "A
Fair Count, Prevent Bollot-Iiox stuff
Ing and Secure "a secret Ballot.

Editor Times:
sir.-it tine Walton" Election Law +.
10 DE changed, ana n it b. desired 10 con.
tihLr, the ballot system 10 prevent intim
luatlon' 10 secure the latter, and 10 pre-.
vent haliOt-bON Htuiilng, can be accom-
pushed ny adopting tnr system outlined
(in me r0ubn) below. 1hat plan also Sc
cures perfectly secret ballot as near.
THINK, as any plan that could be- adopted
a totally blind man cannot vote "so-
cfet ballot, so provision might be made
Tor such one, crlpples and the sick, 10
have the aid OF a friend III order "a
cast their ballots.
Let each Of the different parties pre-
pare tneI tickets, putting on them such
emblem or each party shall be different,
emblem oil each party shall be different
the state To- print ana furnish the tickets.
The tickets 10 be- exactly the same .iz.
OF the same color, and 10 be folded up
exactly the same way and the type used
to Doe oil the same style.
On the morning OF election. a ticket of
each OF the different parties shall bee post
ga puuhcly az me voting place, ana
kept there until the closing OF the polls
Zach party shall have u representative
inside OIL me polling room, and such rep
resentative is to boz appointed or selected
by the different parties On the morning
OF election, before voting commences, the
Judges OF election shall turn over 10 the
several representatives, of the different
tickets which had been ordered by such
parties. The representatives referred TO
shall, Oh the polls being closed be- permit
ted 10 remain In the polling room and see
the tickets not voted, and the ballots can
Nasstd and counted. III any OF suCn rep
resentauvcs should Doe compelled 90 be-
absent a while during the polling. me b.
70 nave right ~ call in some one that
D. satisfactory 90 MIN To act in his place
while absent.
When a person claiming 10 be Il voter
presents himself at the polls and 10 Is
found that he IL a voter each OF the par
ties shall hand such voter one of their
tickets The voter VIII then hand such
tickets 20 one Of the Judges of election.
VINO. with "a stamping machine pre-
pared Tor the purpose. shall stamp each
o. such tickets with tle words cf the
precinct or 10. and the date OF election.
ana then hand back an of such tickets
90 the voter. The voter snail then 20 Ia
to a book and select the ticket Doe wants
10 vote, nut before the ticket shall be
put IN the ballot box, the voter shall
hand to another one Of the Judges 81
election, the TWO tickets he did not vote.
and such tickets shall be filed OF a wire
nle obtained Tor the purpose OF fling
such tickets. When the tickets not voted
wanted 20 vote shall be put IN the ballot
box. The wire OH which tickets not Nof-
ed Is 10 be filed, shall DE kept visible. so
all In Lhe room can see H.
NO PERSONS ticket snail De put IN the
bailot-boX unless such person brings back
and delivers ali Of the stamped tickets
handed him.
III voter desires 10 scratch of the
name OF any candidate and wishes 10
vote for some one else, he can paste the
name OF the latter over the name Of the
former hut he must come prepared %
do such pasting. without the aid OF any
one else. 4 voter on returning from i-le
booth 10 east his ballot. must deliver an
the tickets practically folded like thev
were when ne received them
Surprising tand this communication IL
based partially on such suppOsltion). that
there were three separate tickets the
Democratic the Republican, and the
Peoples Party ticket - be voted. and
that there were no pasted or scratched
tickets voted. and that each party had
given out 20 tickets. ON the close OF me
polls. the hallot-box should show that
here was in IL 30 stamped ballots. while
The ME kept 10 put on the tickets not
voted should show on IL 40 stamped tick
cts. Now. II on such file. there were
found ~ Democratic tickets. $50 Republi-
IAN tickets. and l15 Peoples Party tickets.
IN opening and counting the ballots In
he ballct-bOx. there should he found IN
4 i2s Democratic ballots. - Republican
ballots. and p Peoples Party baiiotx
Thus the tickets OF each party not voted
AMI the tickets found In the ballof-box
voted. would show, or should show. that
very ballot cast had been counted.
This plan Of voting Except With the to-