Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1919-03-12 | Page 10 | Law to Speed Count of Ballots Proposed

M lAW TO SPEED SPEE COUNT OF BALLOTS BAllOS PROPOSE Sacramento Cal Cal March h 11 The The It-The The s se senate senate se- se nate elections committee took look under advisement to today a A t bill bi Intended to speed the count of oC ballots at al electon elections I Members of or the time committee indicated they would favor ra tho the bill bi If It the time adoption adoption tion ton of oC the plan were made permissive instead o of mandatory I J. J H. H registrar of oC voters of San Francisco said he ire would withdraw with with- wih- wih I draw dras' his objections If it opportunity were given for the Iho plan to lo be tested Senator Carr sponsor for the Iho bill biB in explaining explain explain- in ing Its Us provisions pro to the committee said the counting count count- The Tho measure VIII Il facilitate lag ing of oC time the balot ballots The he expense would be InS no rio more than under the present system and It 11 would be possible to lo a ascertain as- as a certain ant tho the results within two hOUS hOU'S hours I after the polls poll closed Mr Zeman k In opposing tho the moa mea I suro sure contended the proposed method would be expensive an and the only re result result re- re sult suit would be that the tho outcome would bo be public a few cw hours earlier E E. E D. D Moore of San Francisco urged fa favorable favorable favor favor- vor- vor able ablo action and contended that public pub pub- lie lic Interest acton in earl early election returns is lc Indicated by the tt crowds that gather bather in front ot of newspaper Offices to read electon bulletins