Show HAD KILL HILL what we believe is a bad ln in our election laws its la 18 pont contained alnea I 1 in a bill by air sharp of salt lake it provides for tin an election board gusev ot seven sevan in precincts which cast over votes boea in the last general election in place of three na as tho the law provides at ai present it also provides that as aa soon as ton ballots ballota havo been cant they mihall be counted it also provides that no information shall be given out u until after the polls close the bill has passed the house ot of representatives and Is now before the senate whilo it la Is truo true that somo some real reform la Is deeded in our election machinery wo we dont need to let down tho the bars entirely the danger in this law in addition to the added expense Is tho the escape of information for years we have studied anti and guarded tho the iFie ec crecy recy of ube the ballot tho the individual ballot under the old ballot liw law it was possible to estimate very accurately tely how the ballot was standing on any subject at any time of tho the lay day and if your side or my side wai boli behind ind wo we would go out and rustle buy enough votes it if possible tu change the result in our precinct alt ali that has bean changed but think how important it will be bb to the grafter politician to be able to know for a certainty how the ballot stands at 4 or 6 on election day juian just imagine agane what price he would pa pay or what chances ho he would taku tor for tile the required information informant inform att 0 n just i im imagine ng I 1 n e the hurrying and scurrying there would bo be for IL a tow few needed votes voted to eliut over some come important measure or candidates we are keeping the individual ballot secret lot let us keep the precinct ballot secret there Is yo no doubt that there Is a just call for relief for the overworked over worked election officials therease there Ther eare are throe three noted ways whereby this relief can be granted without danger above mentioned first comply with alva tho the present law which says precincts shall contain voters orns ora neta near that number as aa practicable second iri largo large precincts besides the usual usual election board of three members have two to extra clerks come on an duty at about six for the purpose of rol relieving leving the regular board while it goes out wid arid goad I 1 something to eat and then promptly at tho close of the polls the counting could begin with oil all five members at work tard more care should be used in appointing members of too the board who are more or less acquainted with clerical work any one of these remedies would help some borne and all three of them I 1 would help a whole lot the first and the third rom remedies edles need no additional laws lawa and can bo be used at any time tho the boards of county zee seo fit to tike advantage of them lets leta use the laws we already have with an hol honesty nesty of purpose before we try any now new ones |