The daily sentinel., 1908-10-24
WiII Disfranchise NIanx.

will not afford to the voters a rea-
sonable opportunity for casting their
votes for the candidates of their
cnoice and that the use of I.e ma
chimes will render the said election
in said counties voIn and of no effect.
The Only Record Kept.
That the voting machines are so
constructed that the only record kept
therein of the votes viii ne the rec
ords of the total number of votes
cast and that the correctness of said
| record is dependent entirely upon
the perfect working of the mechan-
icaI contrivances of the machine.
In Violation of Laws.
| That the complaint enters, after
.ulIy dealing with the allegations out
lined above, proceeds to point out
clearly that the act under which the
voting machines are authorized, is
not constitutional, conflicts with var
ious sections of the state election
laws, which sections are quoted, and
that therefore these machines cannot
be legally used in the county of
Mesa.
The ilIegality of the act and the
| iIIegaIity of the use of voting ma
chimes are dealt with at length and
in IA most pointed, convincing and
comprehensive manner. Instance af-
ter instance is pointed out wherein
the use of the machines fail to meet
with the compliances of the election
laws of Colorado.
Among the many unconstitutional
provisions of the act providing the
voting machines is one that does not
make it necessary for the names of
the candidates for presidential cleo
tors to appear on the machines and
that the machines are so constructed
that no elector can vote upon said
machines for any individual nominee
for the office or position of president
ial elector.
Then in a concise manner the rea-
sons that make the voting machine
unlawful are given as follows:
That the said voting machines are
wholly unfit and impracticable for
the purpose of taking, registering, re-
ceiving or counting the votes of said
electors, or of permitting of such
electors to express, secretly or other
wise. their choice of candidates, and
failed to comply with the require
ments of the said act and of the
statutes of the state of Colorado for
the following reasons. among others,
to-wit.
That the said machines are not so
constructed as to insure every voter
in the said county of Mesa an oppor-
lunity to vote in secret, in that the
said machines are so constructed and
are so complicated as to the method
of operation thereof that the greater
part of the voters attempting to vote
upon said machine would be com
pelled to reveal to the election Of
ficers at said election the manner in
which said voters voted.
That the said machines are not so
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ticket can be voted by the operation
Of single device, but that, on the
contrary, the said machines are so
constructed that straight party
ticket cannot be voted without the
operation of at least two devices;
That the said machines do not pro-
vide for voting a split or irregular
ticket for presidential electors; or
That said machines are not so con-
structed that any voter can, by means
of irregular ballots, vote written
1r printed ballot of his own selection
FOR any person for any office;
That said machines are not so con-
structed that a voter may readily
understand how to vote, and. with
1ut tie period OF one minute, cast
his vote for all the candidates of his
cnoice. or so constructed that a voter
may readily understand how to vote
1r. within the period of one minute,
cast his vote for all the candidates
of his choice:
That the said machines are mt so
constructed that a voter can change
his vote for any regularly nominated
candidate up to the time he starts to
leave the machine;
That the said machines are not pro-
vided with lock or locks the keys
of which cannot be interchangeab
used and by the locking of which
any movement of the operating mech
anism can be prevented SO that the
said machine cannot be tampered
with or manipulated for any fraud
ulent purpose; but on the contrary
the said machines are so constructed
that the same may be tampered with
or manipulated for fraudulent pur-
poses. in that the said machines may
be operated and manipulated upon
said election day for receiving votes
fraudulently and for the preventing
of the casting by qualified electors of
votes for the candidates of their
choice;
nat the said machines are not so
constructed that there are counters
upon the said mechines and which
show during the election the total
number of voters that have operated
the machine at that election;
\ nat the said machines are not so
constructed that they have a register
ing lock or counter which cannot be
reset and will lock by the part that
operates it and will count up to
million;
That there is no protected lock or
counter upon the said machines so
constructed that the numbers on the
lock will be changed or the number
on the counter advanced one every