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Show TUs Election, in Tooele Su&K' s-tions, s-tions, Rush Lake, Tooele County, AnguBi 2otii, 1877. Editors flemlJ; Our annual election, juot past, 10 suited in this county in a dufeat of the people's ticket I am sorry to say; I suppoee, however, that we ought to be getting used to such things by thi8 time, as we have lust every eleatiou for the last three years, and the prospects pros-pects are that we will meet with the same late for all time to come unless we can learo a little common senae and put it to pmctical ime in our political economy. Now, theru is a cause for thus fail ing to Bccure these elections in favor of the people's ticket; and how to rmove mat cause is the question for those in the "republic" of Tooele, who feel interealod in this matter to answer. As I am one of that class, 1 propose to givo my views in relation to the difficulty. We have a law regulating elections; it points out those who are legal voters, and telld them how and where to vote. li also defines the duties of judged aud clerlts ot elections. Now, sup pose that those who compose the people's party, could noil two vote tr Uie liberals' one, what would it profit if two thirds of the voles polled for the people's ticket should be thrown oui un account of informalities? It i-folly i-folly for electors to leave their work to go to the polls so long as we have men in office who do not know thai it is indispeusibly necesuary for them to comply in all of their official acts, with the strict letter of the law. The election is tost; time, which is money, is lost. I saw in the clerk's office, after the late election, the returns (supposed to be) from one precinot sealed up in a common paper envelop, with no directions on it, and of course it is still sealed. Auother one, iu an envelop, en-velop, directed to a private individual living in Tooele city, was thrown out. Another one in a box good enough, but instead of being sealed as the aw direots, it was lied with a string. Four precincts were thrown out fori tbe foregoing defects in manirip the returns. I console myself with the hope that weshall witness a favorable change soon in this locality, not only politically, but socially and religiously. relig-iously. Before closing this letter, I wish most respectfully to suggest for tbe consideration of our law making department de-partment an amendment to the aci regulating elections. As it now Btands, no one can vote except in the precinct where he reddt-s. Business Jrequently calls men away from homn on tbe day oJ election; in such a case they cannot vote. Sometimes men are sent to watch the polls aad challenge chal-lenge votes if necessary. Their votes are lost. 1 would have the law so amended as to make it legal to cast a vote in any county in the territory for territorial officers, and in any pre-1 cinct in tbe county forcounty officers, 1 provided the voter make oath that he has not, aud will not vote at any other place on that dny. Of course he would not be entitled to vote for precinct officers except where he resides. re-sides. With this change many mora votes might be cast for delegate to congress, i or for territorial or county officers, i than there are under the present system. sys-tem. Pono, |