Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-18 | Page 7 | Ballot Probe is Continued

BALLOT PROBE IS CONTINUED Check on Alleged Duplicate Voting In Districts Is Pushed I Investigation of poll books used in last November's election continued Saturday after County Clerk Alonzo Mackay announced duplications In balloting had been discovered in several sev-eral district. Mr. Mackay Informed the county commission his attention to the purported pur-ported frauds was first called when he found an issued ballot listed In the record of election Judgea as mutMated. The original ballot Mr. Mackay said, was Issued so much earlier than the second ballot that he believe a duplication in voting resulted. Both balloU were Issued to the Sams person. per-son. Election laws provide, ha pointed out, that a voter may be given a second sec-ond ballot in the event of mutilation, but In such case th serial numbers on tha stubs are not widely separated. The election laws also provide that such fraudulent voting la a felony punishable by fine and Imprisonment.