The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-07-14
BALLOT REFORM
BILL is PASSED
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House Put the Measure
Through By.a Big
Majority
WHAT IHE BILL MEANS /
Vote was 1o2 to 4o-seyersI Amend,
ments Were offered but Lost. spe- I
ciaI Committee Did Some
Good Work.
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= WHAT THE BILL MEANS
= TO GEORGIA VOTERS

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= 1t provides for the Australian :
: ballot in all elections. =
1t provides punishment for !
fraud in primary as wen as gen. !
: eral elections :
y It provides for universal sys- :
= tenn OF elections throughout the :
: state. :
= 1t effectually prevents ward :
: heeIers" from voting purchased :
votes :
1t offers every protection and !
= secrecy to the voter. y
= II places Georgia elections ON !
the highest and pIrest plane pos !
sible. :
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The crusade for pure elections in
Georgia received another great impe
tus when the house OF represen
tatiyes of the Georgia legislature pass
ed the Kelley ballot reform bill, Civ
ing to all elections in Georgia the
Australian ballot, by the handsome
vote of lO2 to 40.
The bill as passed is. with the ex-
eeption Of few minor changes, the
same as drartg s. fiM syecial ballot
reform co9Nittee appointed Jointly
from the Buse and the senate, who
drafted tlA bTn Section 20 was the
only section stslcken. and that only
by vote of 72 to 6S. That section
provided that primary should not be
held sooner than sixty days before
the general election.
A number Of the sections were an.
proved by the house sitting as a com
mitlee of the wholt before favorable
report was made to the house.
An effort was made to have the bin
reported back with the recommends
ton that it do not pass. but that
motion was voted down and the sue,
cess of the passage assured.
Before the ballot reform bill was
taken up as a special order, Chairman
Slaton, of the gneral judiciary com
mittee, reported to the house that his
committee recommend that the bill au,
lhorizing the rotation Of superior court
judges do pass"
When Speaker Morris bad resolved
the house into committee of the whole
to continue the consideration of the
ballo~ reform bill and cale.
Representative Siaton, of BuLon, to
the chair. a resolution limiting the
debate on&ach section to twenty min
utes and individual debates to i've
minutes was passed
Section IA was first considered.
This section dealt with managerial aid
to blind or physically disable voters
who needed aid in the preparation OF
ballot. This section brought forth
many amendments and was finally
agreed to with the amendment that a
voter has the right to select the man.
ager who is to help aim,
An amendment was proposed where
by the voter was to be allowed to Sc
Iect "a friend from without" the vot
ing booths. This amendment. 1t was
declared. would allow ward heeler
to get in his work. and the amendment
was killed
Section Is provides that any person
who represents himself as being un-
able to prepare his ballot and obtains
aid. when representation is untrue
snail be guilty OF misdemeanor.
This section was agreed to with an
amendment offered by Representative
Blackburn of Fulton, which provided
that the punishment be in accordance
with section 1899 OF the code of 1895
Section 16. in regard to the list oil
voters to be kept by tie clerks, was
agreed 20 without any amendment
When section II vas read. which
provided for the protection OF the vot
ing room and prevention OF disorder
near the precinct, Representative
Blackburn OF Fulton, introduced al
amendment which prevented the SO
licitation Of votes within the radius
of 100 yards " The booth. This amend
ment brought warm debate and was
voted down.
Representative Stovall, of Chatham
! introduced an amendment which pro
vided Dat any person who attempted
to buy or sell vote was to be pun
ished. -fhis amendment was paaset
By these terms vote buying at prima
ries, as wen as general elections il
punishable, The section was agreed
to as amended,