The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-02-08
NEW VOTING SYSTEM Is A SUCCESS

destroy
the power of the gang at the polls and which
shade preference of the voters receiving attention all the
country. Kari A, BoSel elucidatng the system, says
Did you mayor running
the election office? you
system might be devised whereby unorgnzed might
at the polls against the hghy-organEed mnorty9
you will read first practical
test of the preferential choice system Of voting
For the first time the political history of the United
preferential system of voting practical trial the
held under the
This charter remarkable many ways having
by experts be the most democratic instrument
any city in and having attracted by of its unique
provisions widespread attention from parts the United States
Without doubt however the incorporation of the preferential
system Of voting into the charter the single
that excited the
candidates for office there candidates nominated
the election that candidate public office who ndputaby
the most popular 1t also and does deliver heartbrea
ing blow those who would manipulate election by organization
and obtain through organization unorganized
jorty of the people
Corrupt politics argued members
charter always highly organized politics The
oy the people generally right but usually unorganised
Like sheep they be heded and controlled by small minority of
wolves because of their lack of political and their
inability carry on and political g mp
but that has great and that rapidly growing In
embryo already had its public utility who had the
past part politics just passed through
exciting campaign which the liquor and
city Colorado population
1000 people and for the first time in the twenty-five the
city existence the movement towards
receiving the general of large of the people To
protect the the future and from the of
its larger brothers. utility
ons and organized seekers special privilege tenone
members the upon adoption
The preferential system operates nominating primary
election the time and also dpo of the and
cumbersome second elections sometimes required in cities
under charters similar those operation Colo
rado Springs, Berkeley California
Under the Grand Junction charter the initial
made petition Any citizen good moral character
nominated by the filing petition with city clerk This petition
containing the of the candidate must be signed by twenty-five
who have at that signed other petition
sng other candidate for the same office The ner also makes
affidavit to the following statement
especially qualified fill the said office and of good moral char
aoter further certify that join this petition for the
the above believing
date the nominee and representative committee
venhon representing acting for political party
All petitions must be the hands of the clerk twenty
before election and the nominated must file formal accept
lowing Immediately afterwards city up ballot
and samples of the placed conspicuous places about the
The ballot contains list Of the full of all of the
running for office under the title of the office that being
tended for The placed alphabetical AS these
candidates under oath that they running the interests
of party organisation embems partisan designations
the ballot Following group candidates three columns
OF squares Respectively these squares are designated FIRST
The takes the Judge
booth Let illustration that he has five candidates
choose from for certain office his first which
posed signify that he believes this better qualified for the
first choice Foe however good
and honest He picks Foe for second choice marks after
Dick and Richard Richard say the candidate
Of the Interests Behind him gathered all the and
wealth of the organization The good citizen does not want to
for Richard Roe He knows however that Hoe and Joe
while enthused candidacy,
rather than
Third Choice column after both the Hoe
Remember choice first choice choice
choice the third column vote
lie will SAVE ONE
little involved than the usual system voting
straight Australian blanket ballot
find who elected Under the Grand junction
the candidate to up % to & the the ETH third
THE CANDIDATES. candidate has majority
choice the candidate having the least number
dropped the the first
remaining then added all Of their
majority the the
added and
This in brief is the preferential system Now this way
that it worked in Grand Junction November g.
candidates nominated for
Affairs which office Identical with that
the commission System Four of these D w
Socomb NJ A. Lough, and Thomas NJ Todd asso
ated together the contests to obtain the calling
the election select the delegates
which the charter approved
people In local political circles they Charter
Of tho