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Show IIACIiL'IS best m WiTGELECTIOliS City .- Recorder ' Say$ They Will Do the Work Accurately Accur-ately Under New Law. ' ta reepone s iMUlrla aa to whether Or net the uaa of the voting machine ta feaalble at the election under the new eommtaatoh law. City Recorder B. S. Rlvea la la receipt of a ooramunlcatloa from th. Ernpir. Voting Machine i. company at Jaiiieetown, It. T., giving fun InatrucUona a to their uee under th condition, to- f ether with an llluatrated etampl of how he ballot oaa be arranged on the ma- 'hSi Hlvaa entirely aatlafled that, the rnaehlne la the beet for tbe primary and Kaeral election arider the new law. under e direction, of the voting machine company com-pany the machine will bold any number of - nominee, and with the party emblem em-blem eliminated, their see will be even more almple than th -Auatrallaa ballot. Mr. ajya deelarea. - Laat week Councilman P. . Fernatrom Intrduced a reeohitlon In the city eouncll provMlng for the use of tbe Auatrallan ballot and the elimination of the machine. ma-chine. -In piweentlng M, h declared thai he waa" doing asnly to aaeertaln the will ef the people on the matter to aee whether wheth-er or not the voting machine were de-. aired. Mr. Rlvea aaaured Mr. Fernatrom today,' that the voting machine aiwjthe heat. -r trader the Auatrallan ballot It I pointed point-ed out. owing to the multiplicity of nominee nomi-nee which will reeult under the new law, Ihe ballot would neceeaarllx be a large ewe, and would, therefore, be- extremely Inconvenient to handle In the email voting vot-ing boetha. ' With th voting machine name of all nominee wilt be on the machine, ma-chine, and tha pereon voting need only to rum down the little lever over the name of tha candidate for whom ba deal re to TOMr. Hive' further deelarea that the uee of the machine will be a great aavtng to th city, not only ta tha fact that their uee will prevent the- mea of their being oaat aald a, but alao on the electlona them-ealvea. them-ealvea. The law provided that the vote at the primary- election muat be canvaaerd within twenty-four houra arter tbe poll me.ad with the Auatrallan ballot thle meana that' a great deal of additional help will be aeoeaaary t make tbe count. With the machine, tha totala can vary eaally be ascertained. Also when It cornea to the eanvaaalng of the -vote there win be a great aavlng. It la pointed out by Mr. Rlvea. |