The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-28
Although County Commission
ers Have Not Committed
Themselves, 1t Is Thought
They Favor Test.
MANY ADVANTAGES
ARE POINTED OUT.
All Forms of Election Corrup-
tion Are Prevented by the
Most Modern Method of
Voting.

Although they did not care to take
precipitate action upon the voting ma
chine proposition yesterday, it is be-
lieved the county commissioners fav-
or giving them a test. OF the large
number of voter r~ho visited the
courthouse yesterday and gave the
machines trial, only few found any
objections. When their exceptions
were stated and the operator given an
opportunity to explain, even these
were removed. In order to receive
further expression of sentiment from
the voters, the machine company has
agreed to leave machine at the court
house for the next two weeks Dur.
ing this time the voters will have
ample opportunity to make tests and
express their views
Voters Can Scratch.
The new style machines afford the
voter opportunity to scratch ticket
as many times as he desires and there
is absolutely no possibility of his
making a mistake. By pulling
small lever he scratches the name of
one candidate and it becomes impossi-
Bile for him to vote for any other CEN
didate for the same office. He can
vote for one man for every office on
every ticket and he is without a
chance of spelling his ballot He can
not vote until he has thrown his par
ty lever.
Machines Stop Bribery.
Many advantages are claimed for
the machines by the makers. The
machine makes voting absolutely Sc
cret. He is compelled to vote a secret
ballot. 1t stops bribery. The vote
buyer does not give money in the alb
sence of tangible evidence that the
voter will not deliver the goods" 1t
makes it impossible to vote more
than once. 1t prevents Identification
of the vote. The paper ballot admits
of many ways for the voter to mark it
for the purpose of sale and many
ways to be marked by the election
clerk for the purpose of keeping
tab The blank vote is eliminated.
Absolutely accurate returns are given
Every vote is recorded infallibly
without the intervention of human ag-
ency. Returns are unalterable. Elec-
tion contests are stopped. Buffalo,
n. Y, has used the machines nine
years without a single contest. I'm.
mediate returns are given. There are
no tedious delays waiting for the
counting of the ballot. Independent
voting is encouraged. Machines do
not need repairing. The metals are
protected and are non-corrosive. The
consolidation of election precincts and
the saving of expense is permitted. 1t
saves forty to sixty per cent of cleo
ton, expenses. The voters are
pleased by the results. 1t won't cheaE
and can't be beat. 1t is in extensive
use having been adopted by the leg
islature of twenty states and being in
use in 773 cities and towns. Over a
million voters use it every election.
Press Favors Machine.
Expressions of the press wherever
the machines have been used were
favorable. The following clippings
are from the news columns:
Buffalo, n. Y. News.-"Every move
ment for ballot reform that does not
include machine voting as its goal is
time and effort aid money wasted"
Syracuse, n. Y, Post-Standard-
The voting machine is here to stay
until something is found as much bet
ter than the voting machine as the
voting machine is better than the Aus
tralian ballot
Troy, n Y. Record-'.The voting
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