| Show lOMEIlMMfYOIIMJAl lLfclTlUVS I There has been laid a great deal bout the Utah election lews slid tome eOoit bat been made to bow that conton latter they are Invalid This tlon L however does not seem to be well founded ao far ai conceroi any point yet railed I therefore Attempt at agitating the public mind have failed The election for lll year li I pool t 4 t 1 el the people ate Batt fled tbul the result aimed at by the majority of the electori DM been duly attained and they do not dulre any reTolotlon ry movement to Not I 1 ailJe the will 10 expressed Ai to any p I weikneil there may be in the altut some of Importance ai and Ways are k shown by the School election allalr there la a general feeling to leave the no rates Legislature 10 1 rem mly Bin regular form Apropos ot theme discussions however 4 how-ever there li till another Item In coo mention with the Stale election level Hecently California palled a conilltu llonil amendment permitting uie of voting machines lit elections that A I tftle There U I no need for inch amendment here for the Constitution Ail already makes the nictMaryprovliion and If the lieglilalure should conclude that the machine lyitem were eo far 1101 perfected ai to be easily handled and I J wale more satisfactory than the prose at method that body bike the right to In lugutate B change thereto Tuua far the experience with voting 1 m thin e has bun most aratlfjlnc At be last election thorough cractl 91 cat tests were made In several locall lien In western New York and the A tepcrti made declare that In every caie the machine proved u iplendld succeed In Mount Vtrnen for In planes the machines Rave Accurate reiulll of the election seventeen mln ules after the polls closed while In give ttuer cities having a voting men jth of from 19000 to 02000 the returns 1 were announced In from ten to tolily minutes alter cloilng the poll The chief advantages ot the election ullcblo are claimed to be laving of 4 l mr protection agaluit fraud and a ilductlon In the cost cl elections Regarding Re-garding the flrit the time arriving tilt ut the result shows the gain then labile in the voting the machine can stilly ccommoJI two voters a rain till ulu Aalo the second Item when the voter registers hit preference for a co f dldste the record li taken by the machine which automatloilly pre r venti a duplicate vote lot The matue or any other candidate for that ofllct and It li said that this aln most effective protection Bo far as the third Item net Is I concerned the isvlnc from the Auitrallan ballot U I very great The llgurci of expo show that the mat chine plan costs leis than one nitu of t Tl the Australian system The reports on theme michlnes show them to be worthy ot consideration r where any change In election I laws ll I contemplated The absolute secrecy of Ibo billot Is guarded > s In no other way theta Is I IL great Improvement In i the matter ot lime and txpenie and I t liaud Is I declared to be mad Imponl ble With the fllclal verification already given to these claims a perfect lumlllarlty with the machine system would seem to be a valuable attain m0ent meuttomu uptodale legislator The Indications are string that the voting iu obUe Is I destined to come Into early uir and that to vote the elector will thavotebuthe merely press the button wbllo the machine does the rest 1 though pru deuce way suggest that by walling a little time there may be produced more effect devices than home yet 1 mad and tilted |
