Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-06-06

STATES sboT 70 the state by the i-nftoJ
oNG appointed as provided nv sentii ,st tS
I,ro1,i5oa " SSl ana appraised as herainoftr,
annraiSed D ~ section three of this act ana
ii,ppl @lstu as hereinafter provided ,%5 ; ,,a3
oe oheFeu Tor sale at such tir,nS 80, 1iU Sn3A
state. 'eH' interest Of the
,,6 Section &c ion 2. This act shall take effect ~,
pubIicatio1 iAolh and after its passage and
Approved May Is, 1901.
1'0' Wv Al Published Nav %. 1901
AN ION, CHAPTER l5g 10y 1''''
NN - 10 provide for the use of VOTING
m, HlachlneS for elections in this Stot, '"9
Inc people Of the State of WiTno, 2S|,',
resented IN senate and assembly d. onorpr
as follows ""'3 u" VHatJ
Section l. Be it enacted that tnoro is
nereOy constituted a body IN Lo -, ~
Tic Wisconsin Voting Machine EoIr,t, o"I "S
~ shaIl consist of three members rG,,,,,n
tGhI ana responsible persons tyyn NJ MN,
Two Of - i,hGCnanlGol experts. not more than
I"9 OF Whom shall be members of the SANE
pohtlcaI party, and none of whom shall
nave any pecuniary interest In any voting
machine Their term Of Office shall he five
Ee"Is from the date of appoint
shall be appointed BY by the e"'' ~@y.rs
| nor who shall have power to rS.nny,
d commissioner at any time and to mn NH
vacancies, The first commissioner SHAH bn
! appointed within thirty DAYS after m" t,I,
! ing ehect of this act. The commissioners
| snail qualify by taking an oath i'm ,vrftin,,
! 20 support the constitution Of the United
! states and Of the state of Wisconsin ana
| 10 iaithtu!ly and honestly discharge their
! dutleS and filing the same in the Office of
the secretary of state; and all such cNaIlli-
! nations snail be public
Section ,. Any person or cornoratio,,
| owning or being interested I'm any voting
| mach!ne may apply to said commission to
examine such machine, and report on its
| accuracy efficiency and capacity, The com
I mi no ,.,l,{,
| make and Tile a report thereon in the Office
! of the secretary of state. They shall state
| in the report whether the kind of machine
| so examined complies with the require
| mentS of this act and can be safely used
| by voters at elections under the conditions
! prescribed in this act. If the report be in
! the aInrmative upon said questions the
| machine shall be deemed approved by the
! commission. and machines of its kind may
! be adopted for use at elections as herein
| provide. When the machine has been SO
! approved, any Improvement or change that
| does no. impair its accuracy, efficiency or
! capacity, shall not render necessary a re-
| examination or re-apprOyal thereof any
! form of voting machine not so approved,
cannot be used at any election. Each COM
! missioner shall be entitled to hundred
dollars for his compensation and expenses
in making such examination and report, to
be paid by the person or corporation apply
Ing for such examination, which may be
demanded in advance of making the OK
animation. The commission may, If 1t con
SentS so to do, go TO any point in the state
for the purpose of examining Il machine,
but it shall not be compelled to make an
examination at any place other than the
capital of the state.
Section 8. No machine or machine system
shall be approved by the commission I'M
less it be so constructed as to afford every
eleCtOr 4 reasonable opportunity to vote for
any person for any office or for or against
any proposition for whom, or for or against
when he is by law entitled to vote and
enaD.e him to do this in secrecy; and it
must be so constructed as to preclude an
electOr from voting for any candidate for
the same office or upon any question more
than once, and from voting for any person
for any office for whom he is not by law
entitled to vote. The machine or machine
system may be provided with one lever or
device. by the use of which an elector may
vote for all candidates of one party, If he
so desires, but it must admit OF his voting
Il split ticket as he may desire. 1t must
also be - constructed to register or
record each and every vote cast For prcSt-
dentia electors one device may be provided
for voting for all the candidates of one
party at one time by the use of such de
vice, opposite or adjacent to which shall be
q bal OF on the machine containing the
names of all of the candidates for all presi-
Dental electors of that party and a vote
registered or recorded by the use of such
device shall be counted for each of such
candidates on said ballot. The machine
must be constructed so that it cannot be
JalQDCTbu Will OF ludul pNIdltt lDi anu II ih-
dulent purpose; and the machine must be
so locked, arranged, or constructed that
during tie Pre- grcss of the voting, no per
son can see or know the number of votes
registered or recorded for any candidate.
Section 4. The common council OF any
city, the trustees of any village and the
town board of any town may adopt and
purchase for use in the various precincts,
any voting machine approved in the man
ner above set forth in this act, by the yot
ing machine commission and none other.
If it shall be impracticable to supply each
and every election district with voting
machine or voting machines at any election
following the adoption of such machines in
a city. village or town, as many may be
supplied as it is practicable to procure, and
the same shall be used in such precinct or
the municipality, as the proper officers may
order. The proper officers of any city, VII
Iage or town may, not later than the first
day of September, in any year in which ID
general election is held, unite two or more
precincts into one for the purpose Of using
therein at such election a voting machine,
an. the notice of such uniting shall DE
given In the manner prescribed by law for
tbc change of election districts.
Section 5. Payment for voting machines
purchased may be provided for In such man.
ner as is deemed for the best interests OF
the city, village or town and may borfo"
money for that purpose.
Section 6. The room in which the clecli'u
Is held shall have n railing separating I"L
part of the room to be occupied by the t'.
ton officers from that part OF the ro'."
occ11Died by the voting machine. The tN.
terror of the voting machine and every I"lL
of the polling place shall be in plain we"
of the inspectors. The machine shan pc
placed that no person on the opposHc 2 .,
of the railing can see or determln" 10" Wy
voter casts his vote, and that no person IN ~
so see or determine from the OutSa" a. ~
room. After the opening OF the poI9 u" rag,
spectOrS snail not allow any person w. p,,
within the railing to that part OF lHo ION @
ba machine is SltUal Nl iA'' ~ ~
the purpose of voting and except "1s ~,
vide0 in the next succeeding Sr't"D va 49,,
act and they shall not permit nL'r rort Of
one voter at time to be III S"lH l t' ~
the room. They shall not th'"T-, w. o,,,,
main or permit any person 10 TeLl@'tt, -. ~
nositiOn that would permit MN W 2 az ho,,,
see or ascertain how the FolTrt ramain with
he has voted. No voter sAaIi l'.'''a'' ,,,rort
I'm the voting machine boolh ~ 80 ~ 10
ment longer than one mIh0l11 that lanse
shouIu refuse to leave 10 aL'..,,ynd nv The
Of time, he shall at once De
inspectors t,u i'm the UrpS-
Section T. If any voter sD4 Il, ~ that he
ence Of the election board E,ngIish Ian
is unable to read or WrlLe lIr hvoiraI dis
guage OF t tnto1 Oiilf1dness he is unable 10
register or record his t"5' W rrovidcd hy
chine. he shall be asSi51sa +, "3 If 1925
section "a Of the raH deceive any
any pei in registering or fecoro'n -
his vote under thI2, ,,,tc in any
who shall register or If,ol.t+,.d by such per
other way th 1hajI T. give information TO any
sun, VI w ~ Trrgt ticket or Iof "naI p
Con or norsons such person 49, 4545 stat-
punished as pTp'l-Sl "
utes Of 1898. .- ehaU be provided by
the rnsnective city ANA , ,,I f6r at an cleo
all the candidates io l. t at the space pro-
ton ana o. ~. TnrDose on or in the nacllhe
v s't ~ ebaII be placed on VI ~ ,, Gr