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Show -IJETAIt-TrtSlE VOTERS ' Voters are beginning to make inquiries in-quiries about the new voting machines which are to be used for the first time in the State during the coming election-Many election-Many are suspicious of anything .new, but - the. simplicity of the - machine makes it impossible for a voter to become be-come confused. S. C Hamilton of the United States Standard Voting Machine Ma-chine companv explained the machine in detail to THE TELEGRAM this morning. 1 , , The company has had several -years: experience in other cities in using the voting machine, and has taken note of the requirements of the law, so that they are able to comply with: it in every respect. . ' . "" ; ' ' Mr. Hamilton this morning produced a set of instructions and paraphernelia which accompanies each machine. They were in eight packages, and he explained ex-plained them in detail as follows: . Package No. one contains six notices to the election officers to attend the instruction meeting, six copies of the instructions to election officers, a set of six of the folders,.4.' How to Vot6," 1 and a set of envelopes for mailing this The law of the State provides a penalty pen-alty of fine and imprisonment for anv person found guilty of tampering with a voting machine, or who commits or attempts to commit' any fraud, or in any way interferes with, the proper conducting of an election where a voting vot-ing machine is used. ' ' These notices are required to be posted in a conspicuous con-spicuous place about-the voting place. Custodian Easily Called. - This card also contains a card to be left with the election officers on which is written the telephone number by which may be . reached the custodian or the representative of the voting machine ma-chine ' company in case any trouble arises which the officers can not solve. After explaining the details of this instruction system, Mr. Hamilton stated stat-ed ' that in- cities considerably larger than Salt Lake the returns have all been in within one hour and fifteen minutes after the polls were closed. It takes from eight to ten minutes to take the vote from each machine, and Mr. Hamilton stated that the returns from the coming election should all be gathered and compiled in one hour from the time the -oils. are closed. material to che election omcers. According Ac-cording to the instructions, this material ma-terial . is to be mailed to the election ofiicers three weeks before election, and the election ofiicers are instructed to read carefully all of the directions. The copy of "Instructions to Election Ofiicers" contained in this package contains detailed instructions for each .step that must be taken by the election elec-tion ofiicers on election day, from the filling of the lantern that accompanies each machine and hanes inside of the curtain to the the delivering to the proper officials the keys to the machine ma-chine after the returns are recorded an the return sheet and the machine is locked and sealed. Package No. two contains blanks, upon which the custodian of the machines ma-chines is to certify that each and every election officer has attended the instruction instruc-tion meetings and is thoroughly conversant con-versant with his duties. The certificate, certifi-cate, duly indorsed by the custodian, is given to the election officer, the custodian cus-todian keeping a stub from each certificate, cer-tificate, . that he may cheek up and see that every election officer has received re-ceived instructions. To Seal the Lever. Package No. three contains a ' seal with which to seal the curtain lever of the machine. This is to be done after the machine has been prepared for the election. Each seal bears a different number, so that any effort to tamper with the machine after it has been prepared for election can be easily detected. Package No. four contains the "Cus-i todian's" certificate that he has properly prepared the machine for election. elec-tion. This certificate is practically a verification of the certificate of . the election - officer. . The xustodian is required re-quired to visit each machine the day before election, after it has been prepared pre-pared by the election officer, and examine ex-amine it minutely. On this certificate the custodian records the number of each machine and certifies that the candidate counter and every other counter in the machine stands at zero. Package No. five contains the "Examiner's" "Ex-aminer's" certificate that the machine is properly prepared for election. This certificate is a duplicate of that of the custodian, though of a different colored paper. The examiner follows up the costodian, making a second check on tie work of the election officers of-ficers in preparing the machine. Keys to the Machine. Package -No. six contains the tag for the keys to the machine which go to the election, officers. On each of these tags is inscribed the number of the ward and .. the precinct in which the machine will be used. Package No. seven contains an en- . 1 - I l-' 1 i 1 . . , vciupo iu wnicu are ine Keys 10 tne voting machine. The envelope is not to be opened until a majority of the election officers are present on. election elec-tion mornino". In ' this nackage is also a blank receipt, which is filled out and signed when the keys are delivered to the election officers by the custodian. custo-dian. On this receipt is written the number of the machine and the ward and precinct in which it is used.. The last package, No. eight, contains four sheets of cardboard, upon which is printed the following: "Penalty for tampering with a voting machine. |