New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-18
FOR BALLOT CHANGES.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD or ELECTIONS
TO co TO ALBANY.

TIE GOODS" MAY BE
MADE KNowN
,,ho~s 90 the Board Of Elections 0i BROOM
w., exrect TO 20 TO Albany within "A II" ""''
.. soo Senator John Raines. whose amf"ui"'"'
o. tho election ballot law Is pending !" '"'
r,s,a.uro 7'nev will make SUGGESTIONS !"
Senator paines as TO changes in the oa''o' '""
,rbo pro,llvn Commissioners Of EiectohS nave
been investigating the subject for some ''
ond have decided that before the i'"'"'' "
,,ro no disposed Of their ideas as 10 cei '"''
oh changes should be presented As SUM "
commissioners hear from Mr. Ralhes an" "
e definitely fixed for an interview ' -. .
hers of the Board will 90 10 A'oai'' " -,
,he Senator from CanandaiSua' i " ~
nrobable that visit Will De m"ue ." i
C,ssioner Jacob W. Erregser, "i tnc
BOARD said to Tribune reporter
afternoon. "Our Idea is 10 make No'lhs '"'
Gov hath convassers and voters, but we want u
make the law as 20 voting palmer anu .i0'
satisfactory - the voters eslecldl'H' ~
that for a first uial the operation" % '
ballot proved 10 be remarkably eHec''N''
are some defects. Of course, ana the can
hoa = LOT Of trouble but ell in all the ne"
scheme worked fairly satsfactoflN' we no
been considering the advisabiitY OF Suss"e
CHANGE IN MARKING
cone Of the mos, important changes we
n,,n,and is that relating TO marking '"e '
At present, when a Noier wants " =,
COS, . sniff ticket. he may put cross marx III
tho circle at the head of the ticket an" I'll" -. f
q CROSS mark in the space to the lefi OF 'he
name or names on other tickets Wh'" lit P'
fers 10 corresponding rames on the '''"'
In 10
gest that only straight ticket be ma'he" ''
.., a cross in th, circle. In other cases
xrhera tho ticket is split only one ha'iV'
oss r,ark should be placed to the lelt OF every
,or,a voted for This would prevent 'he put
.,ro NJ q cross mark Ia the circle at the Top VI
one ticket. say and the putting OF aho'iei '''''
,nark-perhaps a faint one-in front III " ~
away off In another corner of the oaiio'' mus
confusing the count believe that inc ~ "
that has prevailed has had the erect Vi "e'
ring q man who wants to scratch name VI 90
on his party ticket from doing So because lie
has been afraid of making his ballot hNaiu
This probably prevented some independent VIZ
ing our suggestion is not embodied III TIC
Raines amendment. and we shal susseS' '"''
Il be included.
FURTHER NOTIFICATIONS.
oThe Raines measure does provide, however
>or change that think, should De maui
Where not enough nominations to MI al the
places on ticket have been made heie'oio'e
,,r, snaces have been left opposite the names
NJ men nominated for the place on the o'"ei
,,cre,s Now. in the new measure 1t is pro-
,ossd where ticket is not filled. I" move up inc
names below the blank space. This wouIo "aNe
~ ,nbroLen list of names any one lhcoih-
rlete ticket but it would brinS noHlhd'iio','
FOR one office on that ticket opposite hoiil,li"
tions for another office on the compete ''ehs n
This we think would probabl? caus7 no mo-
mistakes and confusions than would be CAUSED
nv our plan. which is as follows; inSt,au -
moving up the names on the lnc'hPiN,e u.n ,,t
>ye wnuld have the blank spaces marked WIN
the Office for which the space was iei', anu
have the words No nominations ihserteu' IL,
stead of leaving q blank. Then. when the pdi-
lois are counted. there will be leNci sCI,i'io
TO work on. and the man counting the Dai ,t"s
can run right through level me o' 'o''s
spaces marked for one Office.
i".,rbere are a number Of minor changes in the
text Of the law about which We shall max
snegestions Considerable confusion has been
ceneed heretofore when two four persons
should have been voted for in group OF Oh
fees. and the voter has marked more names
than he Is entitled 10 in splitting MS u'he''
VOTE BUYING MARKS.
"Tben some voters marked their ballots Win
marks other than the simple cross marx WHO"
should be put in the circle at the heau oi
ticket | believe that if voter We're allowed
ant a
eign instead of cross mark In the circle at
tn head of the ticket there would De CON
siderable opportunity for certain Khu or
fraud For instance. If man were ouyiiis
votes he could instruct the men whose VOTES ne S
bod bought 70 mark their ballots with the SINAI
circle and he could instruct MS Wa'chsi, ~
see whether or not the goods were uedY S s,,e
The proposed new amendment makes SOM
changes in the tally sheet when are neipiu
providing that straight tickets shall be coui'tea
and then the split tickets for candidates au"e"
in the total. .. a.
Experiments have recently been mace " Nv
monstrate the success that would attend improve
ments to be suggested by the Board a tIla'
nisct,on was held at the Board Of Elections yes
terday to find out how long 1T would take eNpeau
election officials to canvass the oroiius iiu ,ton
of votes cast in election district Ihat POI tioh
az section 81 OF the new ballot law which READS
as follows: Two copies OF this return tthe IN
spectors return are to be MADE, 10 "hich pc
ofScial ballots marked by the inspectors IKE the
original ballots are TO be attached. IL is coh-
tended by the Commissioners, entails unhecesc
cary work for the election officials in the case Oh
split tickets to which II applies and as the can
yassers have an enormous amount Oh WORK 10 ao;
being kept at it in some cases ,ntil AM ,ha,I
o'clock in the morning, the Commissioners tninh
that this portion should be eliminated. fester,
6sv a07 votes were marked IN various ways ana
.as orranized. consisting OF Chief Clerk Samuel
" Andrews Melvin A. Rice. Gavin ". Mlthey
and William A. Halloran The poll cierK sa w ERE
Gaorye Sandhuscn and J. W. Hamer ana the
ko,ot Jerks Harry Taylor and Charles Spicer.
Commlssioner Erregger and G. " q van Deu ,a
scted ms watchers Samtei II Ahulc"s va
e,ec,ed chairman Of the board OF CAM as So ~.
:. ,oot six hours 20 canvass the vote ana mar
a., he returns A number OF the ballo.s WEI" VIZ
marked in such way as to bring up 'h har Is
cmssion OF technical points one OF .ne ths
Us ked in the circular space al the top VI 'ns
Hsnubiican column and cross marx was p,a, ,sa
onposite the name o. every candidate IN cag
Democratic column; This ballot was whether
.ba vote was cast for the Republican or nen neo
cra,c ticket although voter may marx ma X, Dme
ticket in the circle and then iaw,uS Sah Eve cross
nv arothor ticket Another ballot had nNe ~"
Dm placed opposite the names Of as mnnf
nominees for Justices of the suP,e me, ~ The
three in the Democratic coiu',,' al" a two Of the