Improvements in Dallot rapers.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 7th Dec., 1899-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1900
Improvements in Dallot rapers.
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I, JASPER VALE-LANE, of No. 9, Cristowe Road, Hurlingham Road, Music
Publisher, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in ballot papers and consists in manu-
facturing such papers with different colored squares thereupon, corresponding
to the party colors of the candidate for whom the vote or votes is or are to be
given, and upon one of which colored squares the voter registers his vote in the
usual manner.
It will be obvious that with such distinctive characteristics (appealing imme-
diately and most distinctly to the eye) fewer mistakes will be made in registering
the vote than heretofore, even by the most ignorant.
A convenient manner of carrying my invention into effect and of manufac-
turing the ballot papers with the distinctively colored squares thereon, is to
simultaneously dip the sheets of paper (colored and plain) and press them into
one compact homogeneous sheet whilst the surfaces are still in a gelatinous
state. In this way the ballot paper may be produced of a plain or white color,
with red, blue or other colored squares, or outlined squares thereupon.
The desired shade of color to the sheets forming the vote registration squares
may be imparted by blending with the pulp in the heating-engine, some insoluble
coloring substance, or by adding a colored liquid which dyes or stains the fibre.
LOOD
HUGHES, SON & Co.,
38, Chancery Lane, W.C., For the Applicant.
I, JASPER VALE-LANE, of 9, Cristowe Road, Hurlingham, London, Gentleman,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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This invention relates to improvements in ballot papers for use at parlia-
mentary and other elections, and has for object to obviate the possibility of any
mistake being made by a voter, however illiterate, in the matter of recording
his vote for a desired or particular candidate.
My invention consists in manufacturing the ballot papers with different
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page_text: colored squares thereupon, such colors corresponding to the party colors of the
candidates seeking election, and the voter registers his vote or votes in the usual
manner by setting his mark upon the space or spaces colored correspondingly
with the party colors of the candidate he desires to support, hence, as will be
obvious, with such distinctive characteristics (appealing immediately and most
distinctly to the eye) fewer mistakes will be made in registering the vote than
heretofore, even if the voter be unable to read.
The accompanying drawing diagrammatically illustrates a ballot paper manu-
factured in accordance with this invention, a being the ballot paper and band c
the squares or spaces in or upon which the voter sets his mark, these latter
being in the different colors as above described.
The whole surface of the squares or spaces b and c may be so colored or they
may be in colored outline only.
A convenient manner of carrying my invention into effect and of manufac-
turing the ballot papers with the distinctively colored squares or spaces there-
upon, is to simultaneously dip the plain sheets of paper and the colored squares
or outlined squares into water until they are in a semi-pulp or gelatinous state
and press them into one compact homogeneous sheet whilst the surfaces are in a
gelatinous state, suitable aglutinating substance being employed between the
sheets if desirable. In this way the ballot papers are produced of a plain or
white colored ground with red, blue, or other colored, squares or outlined squares
thereupon.
The desired shade of color to the sheets forming the vote registration squares
may be imparted by blending with the pulp in the beating engine some insoluble
coloring substance, or by adding a colored liquid which dyes or stains the fibre.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature, of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
The manufacture of ballot papers with differently colored vote registration
squares or spaces thereupon, substantially as and for the purpose herein before
described.