The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-29
Man Who Perpetrated the Dunn
Pocket Ballot Comes to Keno
sha Looking for Support
DEFENDS FORM OF BALLOT
Does not Claim That the Ballot is
Perfect. But Insists That it
Would Greatly Improve Con-
ditions Now Prevailing

Moneca Dunn of Marshf7e1d, the
man who perpetrated the "Dunn
Pocket Bollot" on the state 1egis1a-
ture, was in Kenosha on Friday after
noon, holding short conferences with
the county officials and other people
for the purpose of finding some
support for his proposed voting
system. Mr.. Dunn hopes by explain
| ing his system to the officers to secure
their support in his effort to change
the opinions of the voters who at the
present time seem to be largely
opposed to the adoption of the system
for voting.
Mr.. Dunn was aware OF the fact
that Kenosha is to vote by machines,
but even with this knowledge he
sought to secure what support he
could from this city. 1t seems that
the word has gone out that the Dunn
ballot is to be defeated, and the
Marshfeld man is making hard fight
to save his pet scheme.
Dunn is planning to make a visit to
every county seat In the state before
next Tuesday.
ST do not claim that my invention
is perfect in all it's details, y said Mr..
Dunn Friday in speaking of his
system. 'tIt is the best that I could
expect to pass through the last 1egis-
1ature. No one knows its shortcom-
Iings better than I. It is so infinitely
better, however, than the blanket
ballot now in use that am confident
we can get amendments to the act
with less trouble than we could have
incorporated them in the act.
zone of the serious objections to
the blanket ballot is that it does not
properly identify the several candi-
dates. Ali that appears in the dia-
grams is the name of the candidate.
There is no other party designation
than that at the head of the column
and to s5certain what Office the man
is candidate for the voter must trace
back to the margin of the ballot. My
system has FIVE Identification marks
for each candidate. First there is the
color of the pasteboard which is diff
ferent for every party, no two parties
having as much as similar shade.
Then you have his party utilization
following his name and also the Of
fee for which he is running. Pro-
vided the voter is i1literate or excep-
tiona11y color blind he refers to the
number at the margin of the coupon.
This with the name makes it almost
impossible for the voter to make a
mistake in voting.
con entering the polling place the
voter is given the stapled pasteboards
forming book of ballots folded in a
, large envelope in which he will also
!, find the receptacle for his ballot.
ballot and ifhe votes straight ticket,
tears out the party sheet, easily rec
! ognized by it's distinctive color, places
, it IA the receptacle and puts the I'M
used ballot in the larger envelope.
, Carefully folding the receptacle into
envelope form he leaves the booth and
in the presence of the officers of cleo
, tion seals the receptacle as well as the
! larger envelope and hands them to be
deposited in the ballot boxes, one be-
ing kept for the voted ballot and
: another for the discards. In voting a
:, split ticket the process is similar. AL
the voter does is to pick out his party
) ticket first and then tear out from the
other sheets the coupons for such Of
! fees as he wishes to split on. He
places the party ticket and the cou-
pons in the envelope and repeats the
former process