The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-05-03
Need Voting Machines
Old STYLE Ballot Thing of Past, as Political
Parties and Clubs Demand Modern Voting
Methods, Declares Former Registrar Waisn


By Former Registrar Thomas y. Walsh
making the coming the finance committee m
of supervisors universal demand for an appropaou
Of sufficient funds equip the election department, WIN WINS TIE
carry the has 81 on hand
improved In addition the
all Francisco appeared before the election com
various they not secured -,
election matters that occasion
the complete breakdown OF the
old Men compelled from "a 80 hours
from xhaustion) in performing their
duties officers In the majority Of precincts but two or three
remained of the eight officers originally appointed OF men
drafted for the completing the count OF the oao
organized election nothing would have
of the democratic party and GOOD Gov
with their long vigil and had retired 10
their homes
system brutal method should appeal
all reasonable that hundreds OF our citizens who served
While to find good citizens who still cling
in where the had fair trial would the voters
who favor ballots In sixteen
OF this union machines used witt New York New Jersey Con-
nicut Indiana Illinois, Maine Massachusetts Ohio Michigan Wisconsin
Minnesota Iowa. Nebraska Kansas Utah. Colorado and 10 counties in Cali
The major machines. according
Jersey for
1907 from the goods delivered ballots
or who manipulate the ballots after they during the counting by
the April advantage
Of bringing about that election o'clock in the evening
does the banker doubt M the adding machine Neither can
Of the To those had the experience with
ing ballots needless remind them of the Of ballots
recty marked the candidates
office than they entitled under the law This
voting machine Even the cost OF elections greater with machines
than without the benefits derived would the their
purchase But when the facts election with machines
municipality $4,000 to $4,000 less surely should appeal good
citizen who believes coupled with The
of Zoo mp for all would be $1,000
With ballots $4,000 $25OO0
$4,000 Other easily
$4,000 to $4,000 with ballots than with machines
Another objection the machine made we'll
hampers encourages party voting Thar this
not we'll founded be proved by the fact that the election of 1906
candidates for judges who republican
union labor tickets received but $4,000 whereas candidate
received 81 clearly the having
keys ntelhgenly.
opportunity paper ballots is ever present
proved by the sheriff the
of the trial judge declared
hundreds of ballots changed after they had been deposited
any number Of
of ballots
population equal that of San Francisco
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