Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-14
ELECTION BOARD ASKS
FOR FACTS ON TALLY
SHEET ERRORS
HOLDS Up returns
NO ATTEMPT WILL BE MADE TO
ADD FOR TOTALS UNTIL TAN.
GLE IN MooTEo PRECINCTS Is
STRENGTHENED OUT.
The official canvassing board which

The official canvassing board which
Is going over the results of Tuesday S
election went in session at IL o'clock
today, after summoning the election
judges and clerks of the second pre-
cinCt of Mendoza and the fourth pre-.
cinct Of Bruce to appear before them
and testify as to just what votes were
cast In their districts. The action was
taken because Representativeelect
Ole Benson objected to the board not
counting the figures rather than the
tally marks on the sheet in compiling
their official returns.
Members of the board consulted
with Attorney c. b. Chapman. regard
Ing what action to tade in regard to
this matter rhey learned thai they
were vesled With the auth ,rity to
summon election boards befo"e them,
t. explain an tally sh < which they
Questioned, and that according to a
decision in the case of the people
against Green, which was reviewed
iE the courts. they did not have any
authority 70 disfranchise any voter,
The members OF the board confer
red yesterday, and decided to call
both the election boards from the
Mondo'a and Bruce precincts befo %
thcm wishing to give every voter in
the county fair opportunity to reg.
lister his or her choice for all the can-
didates.
While in barring out some of the
votes not correctly tailed, would in
no manner change the results of the
election. as reported by the unofii-
cial returns, it would reduce the ma
jorities of some of the candidates.
Summon Eden Judges.
The judges of Eden township were
also summoned. All three of the
groups of election clerks and judges
were questioned separately and each
declared that the figures they sent
in as the number of votes cast for
each of the candidates was correct,
irregardless of the number of tallies
marked up on the record sheets.
Correct Tally Sheets.
The canvassing board then permit
ted the three groups Of clerks whose
record raised an issue, to correct
their tally sheets. This done, the full
vote of Eden township, Bruce 4th
precinct and Mendoza End precinct
we're all corrected, and the results
were then entered on the records.
This will make the unofficial re-
turns very similar to the returns of
the canvassing board, it is said.
The board adjourned at o'clock
this afternoon, until 5 o'clock to give
\ the clerk an opportunity to add the
results of the canvass. They will
conclude their work at o'clock
Count straight" Votes.
Another question was raised shortly
after the board adjournment at two
O'Clock which promised to cause
another temporary halt in the compil'
ing of totals. Watchers of the can
vass declare that the straight votes
in the representative election were not
included in the totals in the seventh
and eight precincts of Bruce, while in
Peru, 9Th precinct, they were includ
ed in the final totals
These straight votes, which is the
short of saying the voter cast Their
three representative votes for one
candidate will make very little differ
ence in the final official returns
whether they are included or excluded
from the canvass.