Cañon City record., 1906-10-18
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.

Notice is hereby given that at the
General Election to be held on the
sixth day of November, A. D., 1906,
there will be submitted to the qualified
electors of the State of Colorado the
question of amending the Constitution
of said State.
The authority for submitting such
question is found in Senate Bill No.
SO, which is, in words and figures, fol-
lowing, viz:
Is. B. No. 80, by Senator Taylor.)
AN ACT
TO SUBMIT TO THE QUALIFIED
COLORADO AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION OF ARTICLE OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE
OF COLORADO, CONCERNING
ELECTIONS AND VOTING MA
CHIMES.
Be it Enacted by the General Assembly
of the State of Colorado:
Section 1. That there shall be sub
mitted to the qualified electors of the
State of Colorado at the next General
Election for members of the General
Assembly, for their approval or rejec-
ton, the following amendment to the
which when ratified by a majority of
those voting thereon shall be valid as
a part of the Constitution, that is to
say:
Section of Article of the Consti-
tuition of the State of Colorado shall
be amended SO as to read as follows:
Section s. All elections by the peo-
pie shall be by ballot, and in case pa
per ballots are required to be used,
every ballot shall be numbered in the
order in which it shall be received,
and the number recorded by the cleo
ton officers on the list of voters op-
posite the name of the voter who pre-
sents the ballot The election officers
shall be sworn or affirmed not to in
quire or disclose how any eiector shall
have voted In all cases of contested
elections in which paper ballots are
required to be used, the ballots cast
may be counted and compared with
the list of voters, and examined under
such safeguards and regulations as
may be provided by law. Nothing in
this section, however, shall be con-
strued to prevent the use of any ma
chine or mechanical contrivance for
the purpose of receiving and register
ing the votes cast at any election, pro-
vided that secrecy in voting be pre-
served
When the governing body of any
county, city, city and county or town,
including the City and County of Den
yer, and any city, city and county or
town which may be governed by the
provisions of special charter. shall
adopt and purchase voting machine,
or voting machines. such governing
body may provide for the payment
therfor by the issuance of interest
bearing bonds. certificates of indebt-
edness or other obligations. which
shall be a charge upon such city, city
and county. or town: such bonds, GER
tificates or other obligations may be
made payable at such time or times,
not exceeding ten years from the date
of issue, as may be determined, but
shall not be issued or sold at less than
par.
Section 2. Each elector desiring to
vote on such amendment shall deposit
in the ballot box a ticket whereon shall
be printed the words For the amend
ment to section of Article Z, permit
ting voting machines and Against
the amendment to section to Article
z, permitting voting machines" and
shall indicate his approval or rejection
of the same by placing cross oppo-
site one or the other of said groups
of words.
Sec. s. The votes cast for the adop-
ton or rejection of said amendments
or either of them, shall be canyassed
and the result determined in the man
ner privided by the laws of the State
for the canvass of votes for represen-
tatives in Congress,
Approved April 10, 1905.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF l have
hereunto set my hand and affix-
ed the Great Seal of the State of
Colorado, at the City of Denver.
this cath day of September, A.
D. 1906.
JAMES COwIE.
Secretary of State.
First publication October T. 1866.