Norwich bulletin., 1912-06-08
TOWN ADOPTS VOTING MACHINES
After Lively Meeting Committee Named to Select Them Selectmen, Mayor Fire Chief and Registrars to Serve Ten to be Purchased at Cost Not to Exceed $6OO0.

Tn a l1vely meeting hat lasted about an hour and was attended by over 250 cltlgans, the town of Norwich on Fri day evening voted to adopt voting machines, and appointed a committee 10 select the machines, also authoriz- ing the appropriation of the S6,O00 which will be needed to purchase ten machines.
 The opponents of the up-to- date sys- tenn of voting were on hand in consid- erable numbers, and did not give up without a struggle. Tn the interchange of arguments between the advocates of the old and the new there were many passages that brought out ap- plause and laughter from the crowd, who enjoyed the forensic struggle be- tween the several speakers.
 First Selectman A. W. Lillibridge called the meeting to order at s o'clock and upon nomination of Joseph T. Tanning the moderatOr's place was filled by the election of A. S. Spalding. The warning was read by Town Clerk Charles S. HolbroolS. calling the meet ing especially for the purpose of con- stdering voting machines,
 Resolutions Offered.
 John J. Corzery put the matter of the choice of machines before the meeting by offering the following res Olutions:
 Resolved, That the town of Norwich does hereby adopt voting machines for use at elections to be held in said town. and authorizes the purchase of ten machines. That a committee con- sisting of the selectmenof the town, the mayor of the city, chief of fire de- partment and the registrars of voters of the town be appointed to examine the different makes of voting ma chimes and select the kind that they consider best adapted for use in said town.
 Resolved, That such sum as may be necessary. not to exceed S6,000, be and the same is hereby appropriated to provide the payment Tor the voting machines.
 Resolved, That the selectmen are authorized, when necessity demands it, to procure by lease or purchase any additional machines which may be re- quired in order to supply each and every election district herewith,
 Mir. Corierv made a well considered argument in favor of the machines, re- ferring to his visit to Bridgeport as a member of the committee to investi- gate the practical workings of the ma chimes, and the fact that they found the election there going off smoothly, and no one in Bridgeport was found who was opposed to the machines, al though before the introduction of the machines in that city there had been considerable opposition. He told of the rapidity with which the result of the vote was learned after the election closed, the district votes being known in from i've to ten minutes after the polls closed. and the whole vote on all questions in three-quarters of an hour. How easy it was for the people to vote for any man they wanted to was shown Dy the fact that they elected a dem, -ic tax collector by a majority of q -l a republican city clerk by a majority of 800. He thought Norwich ought to have the best system of vot- ing and the best machines as well, and he thought the committee named was competent to look out for that,
 He said that the machine was in use