Show L uih sInl tale Lincoln fret tote moos cost at New Salem In the Clara gro e precinct tug I loll At tills election be Id dIr d-Ir Iraham who wn one of the clerk In tho early day In IlllnaU elections acre conducted by tho tlvatoce method meth-od The piople did try toting by bal lot hut the experiment win unpopular It required tco much book Iambus and In IS29 the ltavoce method of voting was restored The judges and clerks Ml at u table with a poll bout before them The voter walked up and announced Iho candidate of his choice and It wai recorded In his pretence There wa no llcketpcddllng and bal lotbox ituinfig sas ImpoMlble To this Imple ytcm we are Indebted for the record of Lincoln flnt vote Lincoln lint vpte for preiU nt was not cut until the next year Nov 61U2 when ho toted for Henry Clay Mclurn Magnilne |