The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-10-02
VOTERS HAVE
CHOICE THAT
IS LIBERAL
TWenty-One Counties Including
Lake To Have Voting Ma
chimes This Year.

Is you have registered by next Non
day night you will make q choice
among six candidates for president of
tho United States when you 90 to the
polls Nov. ..
That number Of political parties so
far have certified the names OF their
presidential electors to the state board
Of election commissioners. which has
charge OF the printing Of ballots. The
parties represented on the ballot will
be the Republican. Democratic. Social
let. Prohibition, Farmer-Labor and Sim
gle Tax. All except the Single Takers
also have a candidate for United States
senator and most OF the state Offices.
Single Tax--TNro Names
The Single Tax tScket will bear only
two names-presioen entail electors at
large. Each OF the other parties has a
full list OF presidential electors, one
fer each congressional district and two
at large.
While the names Of presidential cleo
tors. rather than the presidential can
didates themselves. appear on the bal
lets. the names of the six party stand
ard bearers are: Warren G. Harding.
Republican OF Ohio: James E. Cox,
Democrat. or Ohio; Aaron s. watkins.
Prohibitionist. Of Ohio; Eugene Debs.
Socialist. OF Indiana temporarily at
the Federal prison at Atlanta, Ca;
Farley P. Christensen, Farmer-Labor,
Of Utah. and Robert c, McCauIey.
S.ngle-Taxer. OF Pennsylvania.
SIX Expected to BE Limit
II is expected that six will be the
limit Of the number Of parties certify
ing nominations. though other nomina-
tions may be certified UP E9 Oct is.
The number Of precincts IN Indiana
has been increased this year from 3,143
- 5.ss5. The additional 242 precincts
or voting places, have been designated
- take care Of the greatly increased
electorate that comes from woman suf-
frags. Twenty-seven counties have
made increases in their precincts,
though Madison county, where voting
raachines recently have been installed.
has reduced its precincts from 5 to 81.
ST. JOes Big Increase
Marion county has increased its pre-
osacts from Is3 to III. st. Joseph
county. OF which South Bend is the
county seat. will have lis precincts. an
increase Of So Allen county has added
10 precincts. and Dekalb county has 10
new precincts. viso county will have
50 instead OF oU VOTING PAdSSSs c-40
Bartholomew county has IL.
TTenty-one counties will use voting
machines this year. However. some Of
these counties will use both ballots, to
be marked with pencil. and the ma
chimes, This will be done because there
are not enough machines to permit Jl
70 vote within the prescribed hours on
election day.
Women to Use Ballots
II has been agreed In Johnson an9
Montgomery counties that the women
shall use the regular printed ballots.
while the men will register their votes
by machine In some OF the counties
htch will use both ballots and ma
chimes. the voters will have their choice
az to how they shall register their 70 e.
II Is said to be the plan in Marion
county. where there Is a shortage of
machines. 70 bring all the machines
10 the city of Indianapolis precincts
and use the ballots in the county pre-
cincts.
The counties which will use ma
chimes exclusively or both machines
o. d ballots are as follows: Allen. Della
ware. Lake. Madison, Marion. Miami.
MONTGOMERY. Newton. Pulaski, Spencer
81. Joseph, Boone. Clinton Fountain
Fulton, Henry Johnson. Tippecanoe.
Yanderburg, Vigo and Warrlck