New Britain herald., 1924-10-30
INTENSE INTEREST
 IN HOW ID SPLIT
Record Crowds See DeInonstra-
 tions Of Voting Machines
WRITTEN BALLOT INCLUDED

cipated As Result of Requests For
 Information About Splitting-In-
 structiOns Continue Tomorrow.
 Demonstrators who yesterday be- gan the three day session for in- struction in the use of voting ma- chimes, reported today that the num- Der of voters who sought informa- ton on the first day was greater than usually call during the entire three days of demonstration. The demonstrations are at the Central Junior high, Bartlett and sanior high school.
 Marked interest in the manner of splitting votes was also reported. The demonstrators found very large number were anxious to vote the third party ticket insofar as 1t is named, but in the absence of can didates for offices other than presi- dental electors, information on com- bining the electors with candidates on other tickets was invariably sought.
 Demonstrate Written Ballots
 The nomination by the prohibition party of Buel B. Bassette of this cRy for governor, makes it .neces- sary for the instructors to demon- strate for the first time in many years the use of the written ballots which are located above the first party lever, there being no prohi-. bition party lever this year.
 Charts showing the names of can didates for office this year were not available, so 1t will not be possible for new voters to view the machine as it will look on election day. These charts are now being printed and may be ready by tomorrow, which is the last day for demonstration.
 Splitting Not Difficult.
 The method of splitting votes, as explained by the machine demop- strators, Is not difficult or intricate. The elector steps into the voting booth enclosing himself by pulling the handle affixed to the curtain from left to right. Before him, he finds three party levers on the left side of the machine, the first being that of the Republican party, the second the Democratic and the third the Progressive or third party. If he wishes to vote straight ticket" he pulls the party lever of his choice to the right and downward. then leaves the booth by pulling the cur tain handle back, the motion being from the right to the left. If, how ever, he wishes to split his ticket. the operation is slightly different. After he has selected the lever of the party whose presidential electors he wishes to vote for. he pushes up- ward a small metal tab directly un- der the name of the candidate he wishes to cut from his vote, and pulls down the metal tab under the name of the corresponding candidate on one of the two other party tickets. The movements in cutting" out candidate is to push the metal tab to the right and upward, and in voting for one candidate on another ticket is to push the tab to the left and If it is his wish to vote for the local, county and state can didates on one ticket and for the na- tional candidates on another, he may pull the party lever of the party whose presidential electors he wishes to vote for, then slide upward all but the first seven tabs. which represent presidential electors, and slide down. ward the tabs of other candidates, his votes among all three parties if he wishes, but voting not more than once for any one of flee.
 Heavy Ia Toilette Vote Expected
 The interest manifested in tho third party indicates the likelihood of a heavy La Toilette vote, but it was also indicated that the splits fin tickets occasioned by the entrance of the third party will greatly in- crease the amount of vote cutting.
 If an eleetor wishes to register a vote for presidential electors of one 
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