The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-18
These judges Approve.

prepared to send additional machines
to these precincts.
These judges Approve.
In seven election districts in which
voting machines were tried today the
general opinion of the judges seemed
to be that the machines were satisfae- Il
tory. Whenever the voters informed
themselves in advance on the workings
Of the machine which they were to OBJ
crate, they had no difficulty in voting
with the greatest expedition, but when
this precaution was not taken there was
some delay.
In the eighth district of the first
John Ryan IS livery stable. At 1875
am. forty-four votes had been cast and
the judges agreed that there had been
no difficulty and that the election was
progressing satisfactorily.
In the second ward Dean machine
was used in the third precinct at Uni
1910 am. sixty-seven votes had been
cast: =. q. Andrews, one of the judges,
eXtolled the voting machine and de-
clared that 1t was a great Improvement
on the old system. He said that the
voters usually took from two to four
minutes to vote, but several had taken
duty in forty-dve seconds, announcing
that he had voted the entire ticket.
The machine in the third ward was
in the tenth district. This also was q
Dean machine. About ninety votes had
been cast at 1920 am. The Judges
expressed their satisfaction with the
MACHINE and said that there had been
no hitch or trouble of any kind as far
as the voters wee concerned.
! Voted in Thity-seven Seconds.
The only standad machine in use in
the city was in the fifth distict of the
fouth ward, at the Oak Lake engine
house. Here 1926 votes had been regis
tered at 1880 pm. According to
fireman who was keeping record, the
I average time required was from three
to three and one-half minutes. Most Of
the fremen in the house, who were ia
miliarc with the machine, had voted in
less than a minute EACH and it was re-
ported that one had been in the booth
only thlrty-seven seconds.
| The International machine was sta
f1oned In the engine house near the
Central high school for the ninth pre-
clnct Of the fifth ward. ovters were
given their choice Of using the machine
or the OLD. style Of ballots, and about
qne'thlrd chose the machine Earl ID.
Luce, one OF the judges, said that the.
| AoA
to. four minutes. Among those who
tried the machine was former Governor
s. R. Van SAINT. = -
In the sixth ward the machine was
placed in the first precinct. Only fl
teen votes had been cast by 10 O'Clock.
me judges said they were entirely sat
1sned with the machine, which was q
cradle time, but one man made record
of ffty-nine seconds an ddeclared that
Some Slow Voters.
Another Dean machine was placed In
the first precinct Of the tenth ward. al
the Camden Place engine house. Sixty
votes had been registered at 1926 a. n
The judges said that there had been no
difficulty as far as the machines were
concerned, but several Of the voters
had gone into the booth without infor-
operation and had consumed much time
to the disgust Of the men who were FOL.
lowing. In the main the main the
voters completed their task In short or.
At 11:80 the fourth precinct Of the
thirteenth ward had registered 100
| votes On the Dean machine. All the Of
nc1als expressed themselves as much
pleased. The average time consumed
Woe vaflously gwen as from 48 to 81
seconds, most Of the voters finishing
thetr task In less than one minute. A.
. D. Sinclair who was timed by several
, persons voted in 45 seconds.
In the second precinct Of the twelfth
J ward the judges refused to use The
| Dean machine ordered by the councii.
Whether this will have any effect on
the election is not known, but lawyers
aa11 ~ that the judges had no right to
tak 1!, ms position and order change
, Voting machines were also INSTALLED
in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and eiey-