The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1902-12-24
new VOTING MACHINE
An Automatic Device For Cast
ing All Ballots.
VOTE OF EACH SEX KEPT APART

kansas City Inventor Claims His APP
paratus Is Applicable Under All
State Laws-A Separate Door Pro-
vided For WOmen-Other Features
of the Continuance.
L, r. Winslow of Kansas City, Mo-,
has on exhibition in the Fullerton
building at St Louis a voting machine
which he has patented, says the Globe
Democrat of that city. Mr.. Winslow
brought his machine to ST. Louis be
cause he had heard much of elections
there and thought some automatic de-
vice might be needed.
The appearance Of the machine, With
the booths which constitute a part OF
the contrivance, is quite attractive,
Hardwoods, highly polished, are used.
Steel, aluminium and other rigid ma
terials are employed in the construc-
ton of the machine proper, which IN
its working very much resembles
big cash register or an adding machine.
The machine registers and counts
automatically as cast the vote for each
candidate; it also registers and counts
the votes for or against any special
proposition, such as a constitutional
amendment, etc. 1t counts and regis
tiers as cast the total number of votes
cast by voters of each party and at
the same time shows the total number
of votes cast by all who have entered
the booths and have voted. Visible
registers at all times show just how
many have entered the booth, how
many have voted, and, to enable the
separation of man or woman, two
separate dials present the figures as to
each.
The inventor claims that his machine
can be readily and quickly adjusted for
class voting, for minority representa-
ton voting, cumulative voting and for
restricted voting, where, as in Kansas,
certain officers are voted for by the
women, while they are not permitted to
vote for certain others, such as presi-
Dental electors, congressman, etc. AS
each voter enters the booth lever I'M
locks the keys, which are operated by
the NOleE CttSu ISSlSIC1 LoSLlOh ny
pushing them. When a key is pushed,
all other corresponding keys on OppOs-
ing tickets become locked. The key,
once pushed in, is also locked until the
next voter enters the booth. This pre-
vents the repeating Of a vote. To
guard against possible manipulation,
when a key is touched all the others on
the same row become locked, but the
registering apparatus does not operate
until the whole of the ticket has been
voted and the voting key itself been
locked by the entrance of another vOt-
er. The women enter by a door pro-
vided for them, and their vote likewise
is kept apart and registered separately
from those cast by the men.
In order to facilitate the casting of a
ballot the straight party tickets are ar
ranged side by side, and each has a
separate color, which can be followed
easily by the voter, who would find it
next to impossible to make mistake.
However, a voter may scratch" a
ticket, and for this is provided an extra
row, with blank slips for convenience.
Mr.. Winslow claims that unless the
machine is Intentionally injured by a
voter while in the booth it cannot fail
to work Heavy penalties are inflicted
for a misdemeanor of this character.
The inventor has spent ten years per
fecting his machine.