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Show A Now Voting Machine A small, box like thing, with glass Bides that show the machinery inside, is what the voter sees when he approaches the opening to the little booth into which each voter must enter to record his choice. This booth is the same as those used in the Australian system, and is , necessary to the secrecy of the ballot. The voter approaches, lifts the lid of the box, which act causes a bell to ring, and finds himself in the presence of an apparatus ap-paratus much like the finger board of a typewriter. There before him are the names of all the candidates, all those of each political party being printed on paper pa-per of one color. This is for the benefit of illiterate voters. You press the buttons of your choioc and you have voted. The machine records re-cords accurately the number of the vote and also records the whole number of voters who have opened the machine. Repeating is impossible. You may push away at the button all day, and it will just as persistently keep on recording the same number. Not until the covei of the box has been closed can nnothei number be recorded. If a voter attempts to close the cover and vote again the bell rings and properly consigns him to the porridge. When tho polls are closed the face of the machine shows the total number of voters who have cast their ballots. Unlock Un-lock tho machine and the papers inside show just the ' number of votes for each candidate. The judges verify the numbers, num-bers, add their signatures, inclose the papers in a sealed envelope and go home to supper and to repose; or they may hasten to the telegraph office to hear the returns from'other precincts. Before 0 o'clock the result of the election is known to every one, and all may go to bed wb.ee they please. St. Paul Globe. |