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Show NEW MACHINE REGISTERS LEGISLATIVE ROLL CALLS i m:s .mi iixk.s. l ei, " - Repreai ato -tivt-s In the Iowa k i;i.staiun- vole i lic-li opinion on roll call now v.iili their fin i-.-r.s. No longer does the cltrk call ih-roll ih-roll and the member vote wiih his li:Dt. ( 'ii'- result of the change is a sav inu :1 fifteen minutes to half an hour In taking a roll cull vote. Win n a quest ion1 is put to a votr-evpry votr-evpry representative may vote at the ' ie time, i; Is iMfficuit for any to V"i' and see what some one else Willi do and let his vote follow. Since the session two years apo an electrical vol Inc. device has been in stalled in the bpuse, ; nd a) read) has : been usmI. un each member's desk is I a little device to which he carries a kej No iv i keys are i like. , There are iiin-.- Btnall lights to show him how he Is vo'.Iuk'. When the question is pui th legislators insert the kfey, iiud than manipulate the device. What he does is not only recorded foi h -own benefit by the llcht on his desk, but shows on a board above the speaker's speak-er's head Th. members all are named OH the board. Opposite the name Hre three lights and a sloi. ir his vote Is S" a red light shows, and a "V" for negative oie. To merely be r. corded present and not voting a whin light is used, within twenty seconds after the voting is completed a photo graph ol the complele record on th" bo;Md. taken automatically, is deHt ered to the dejik of tbo clerk. In the meantime, however, the total has been flashed on the speaker's and clerks desks, so the result can be announced Immediately. The obotograph S the state's record. The machine is controlled by th-plerk, th-plerk, who unlocks it and sets it wh.-n the ote is called for. As soon as com-: pleted he again locks the machine. |