Show POST POLLS OPEN TWO DAYS modern city methods metho ds used at election conducted by the douglas county neb legion with the largest membership of any post in the united states the douglas county neb post ot of the american legion when confronted by its recent elections solved the problem by it a system as comprehensive and efficient as any city or state election system pons polls were established in the county courthouse and were kept open from a in until 6 p ro on two consecutive days A board of 0 election commissioners sat at the courthouse during the polling and passed on the eligibility 0 of each voter none was allowed to ballot who had not paid up his dues for the year absentee voters sent their ballots by mall mail and telegraph the board passing on th the e authenticity of the ballots the only trouble in the election wa the insistence of some enthusiastic politicians tried to carry their electioneer ing almost to the curtain of the voting booth it was found necessary to establish a dead line for the amateur politicians some distance ft from am the polls |