The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-06-15

considering the purchase of voting
machines for Marshall county. They
want to know what the people
think about the matter before they
act, and therefore put of unit
their September meeting the decis-
ion of the question.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Greer resigned from
the board and in his place Mr.. o.
A. Greiner has been appointed
for Center township. He has al
ways taken a lively interest in the
governmental questions of the county
and naturally is doing so in this
voting machine proposition, as are
also all the members of the Council.
In their discussion of the matter
at their special session this week
the members ran up against hard
proposition in the form Of the new
Registration law. This law. re-
quiring every voter TO be reeister-
ed before he votes, will cost the
county for extra boards TO register
the voters about $3.50 in addition
to the present cost of the election,
or more than double what it has
been.
This registration (see Acts 1911,
page 371-3S4) is to be done before
a ResistptieQeheep consisting of
three members. each of whom shall
receive s4.00 per day for his SER
vices. They are to be in session
for at least three days. and perhaps
more. preceding each election. one
day in May, one in September and
one in October. This cost. irclud-
ing rooms and board for the board,
will approximate $50 for each of the
80 voting precincts. the council Agur-
ed. or a total of $3.50 for the coun-
ty. The election in 1910 cost the
county $179O. The addition of the
registration will bring this amount
mp to total of 1910, instead of
S1790.
This additional expense Marshall
county will have to meet if the old
system of voting is continued. The
only way the Council can see Of
heading it off is to buy voting
machines for the courty. This
change will cut down the number Of
precincts from 33 to perhaps IA and
save In the cost of elect on boards
With Il precincts, the election cost
would figure out as follows:
Registration ID $50 per prec. S $40
Election, IA boards of men,
bers each, one day only. 49,. 731
Here would be a cost of 1851
as against 1910 under the old plan,
or saving of $2199 each election.
Voting machines would cost about
$3.50 each or $10,500 for the county.
At a saving of $4,000 a year they
would pay for themselves in i've
years.
Nature of the Machine.
The only difficulty in the way of
the change from the present vot-
ing is to teach the voter to do
his voting. That, however, is not
so difficult proposition as it seems
at first thought. When the voter
first looks at the machine he thinks
"My goodness, never can learn
to use that thing" But a short
and simple explanation soon con-
vinces him that he is mistaken. He
can learn it in a few minutes and
do his voting without glasses or
the bother of blue pencil.
There are sample machines with
each large machine to teach the
voter how to vote, so that anyone
who does not know how to vote
long before election day comes may
do so In a short time on election
day. Each headquarters Of each
political party will have. 3 sample
machine to teach their voters how
Ia use the machine on election day.
Then this machine has some
distinct advantages over the present
wav of voting. No man can
spoil his ballot. he must vote
r;oht however he votes. IF he
wants to vote a mixed ticket he
can do so, but he cannot, in so do
ing. spoil his ballot as many 10
now. Every vote win be counted
for something.
Each ef these machines win &C