The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-03-29

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upon the various tickets, as the official
board has compared the ticket and the
certified nominations. When the voter
opens the door and enters the booth to
vote, 1t unlocks the machine and the
method of voting is very simple, IL he
first locates In his mind the color of his
choice. If he wishes to vote straight
ticket he pulls a lever designated by
the color his party bears, and the vote
is cast end locked, so that it is impos-
sible for more than one vote to be
counted II he wishes TO vote scratch
ed ticket, he passes by the straight
ticket lever and locates the several can
didatss for whom lie desires to vote by
their numbers and colors. For instance,
if a Republican should want to vote
for q candidate for county treasurer on
the Democratic ticket and his number
was 81, he would put his finger on such
key and pull lever. By this method
he could vote for his friends on the re-
gpective tickets without invalidating
his entire ballot, as Is frequently the
case under the present blanket sheet
system of voting. The machine regis
tcrs the votes in such a way that when
the polls are closed the total vote for
each candidate is registered and before
the judges who can complete the count
in two minutes time, While under the
present system of counting the vote it
limo nd
then it very frequently happens that the
number of tallies and the totals do not
tally, with the result that innumerable
contests follow such irregularities.
There is no possibility of mistake in
the machine registering the vote or of
! the voter making an error when he de-
sires to vote either a straight or mixed
ticket, as the case may be, AS each
! voter leaves the machine and closes the
door after registering his vote, it locks
itself when he closes the door, SO that
fraud of any kind is impossible. In
this respect the machine would act as
an election purifier as well as expedite
the count when the polls have closed.
Extracts From the Press.
From the Evening Journal, James
town, N. Y Novemb. .r 9Th, 1897:
There is progress In methods Of ex-
crclslng the elective franchise. 1t was
long step from the individual to the
blanket ballot; it is C longer step from
the blanket ballot 10 the United States
Voting Machine.
"An American citizen desires to ex-
press his choice of candidates expedi-
tously. accurately. secretly and have
the vote honestly counted without loss
of time. The use OF the United States
Voting Machines Is perfect guaran-
tee of all these desiderata. For these
reasons the machine will, at an early
date, come into use in all parts of the
country.
THE United States Voting Machine
has passed from the experimental stage
to that of positive success, winning en-
tlrely on its abundant merits.
ANY prejudice which may have been
produced by inferior machines of other
inventors cannot stand against the
proven advantages of the United States
Machine The name is we'll chosen
ere long from Maine to the Golden Gate
and from Texas to the northern bound
airy of the Union, the United States
Voting Machines will at every electio.
Local pride is gratified in the sue
J cess of these machines and the bright
outlook for the development of the
company's already extensive manurac.
turing plant into one of the most i'm.
portant industrial institutions in tht
land"
In an editorial article the Detroit
Tribune says:
"The voting machine did itself prout
yesterday, so far as Detroit Is con
cerned, If machine can be construct
ed to perform the work of the ballo
! boxes, there is not only no reason VIII!
it should not be brought into universe
use, but every reason why 1t should
The word machine ought not to fright
en- anybody. The aggregate of the tool
I now in use to get recorded the will &
Q the people is machinery of the mos
elaborate kind. Voting machines ar
not raachlHes any more truly because o
their greater simplicity. The combina
g ton of pen. ink and paper Is a ma
8 chine, A typewriter ls not more trul
=, So The difference Is that one does tn
i work a little more satisfactorily tina,
= the other. If devices can be employed (
= do the work of recording and countin
the vote OF state, that device ough
to be employed for exactly the reaso
e that we employ any labor-savng MA
s chine. 1t Is quite likely that the voti..
: machine has been tested In OtheI place
= in the country besldes Detroit. and II
! likely that the results win prove NOR
n satisfactory than they did at the var
s Gus trials r1a9c last fsll. When th