Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 June 1944 — Page 8

ary Cost Indiana $1.05

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Per Vote, By BOYD GILL printing of batlots. Two sets of bal-| lots were required in each county,’ = Republican. | : § While in most counties, the vote A ticabilit x i ‘leaders glectigged the prac action represented around 25 per cent, or of continuing the primary |slightly better, of the number of

system in the face of diminishing) ; : | interest, showed today that Tudi-{TeSIRETed. VoleEs. Shere were & Ew Jay Mey 3 > Sie} an pl In Noble county, less than 15 per| ? $440,000—an average of $1. cent of the registered voters cast for every ballot cast. |pallots. The percentage was 19 in The survey was begun when Party | Jefferson county, 18 in Allen county spokesmen, perplexed at the general and 15 in Hendricks county. apathy of Hoosier voters toward the! Couaty lerks Td wustorg Sot biennial referendum for nominating #50 Vo Re eniages; candidates, said they believed that 14 vosts of the 1044 primary, were | the present primary system faced 8 divided in opinion regarding the crisis, and that the county conven- present primary system, although |

ion method might be installed most of them favored retention of ti Y >

ggain in Indiana. Only one of every four registered voters cast a ballot last month. County officials, hed Be nied while others condemned it. Others Press for their opinions mi were noncommital.

Some Noncommital

erally favored retention of the

method.

ing candidates.

of a single ballot, reduction of he the primary vote would be heavier operating cost and direct SIDS 10 0 yoters did not have to state ure the voters to the polls. |openly their preferences, favored 8 System Under Fire {printing Republican The primary Systern he S ner lot and the Democratic candidates’ fire chiefly because of a steacy inames on the other, and limiting] cline in interest on the part of vot-i vote to on Ny |B ers. At least 1250000 Hoosiers e vole lo one party. failed to take advantage of their! = politically right to cast ballots on May 2, 1944. v and b Jr ould be Eb : ivy 16.000 votes were be heavy and better men wou = An estimated 416, hy nominated and elected — conse-

cast, although approximately 1635,- uently, we would have better gov-'E

000 persons were registered. ernment,” Meyer said.

The United Press survey included Auditor Fred R. Fisher of White E a cross-section representing 49 Peli qty said he believed that the §

cent of the state's 92 counties. {cost was “entirely too much per |g

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Some of them upheld the system, 8

i A few recom- E merits of the primary system, gen. 04 other methods of nominat-

Some suggested IMPrOVE™|~, porte county auditor Otto|§ ments, however, including the USE \. oo. inajcating he believed that g

candidates’ E names on one side of a single bal-'&

“No one would have to declare E the vote would E

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rimary expenses authorized by coe. cast» and added that “the counties whose = taxpayers shoul-| ome results could be had by con-| ) dered the burden of the cost, Te- | vention.” |& “ Of shantung gardless of whether or not they) Auditor Hubert R. Alexander of A TIS luana and navy voted, ranged from $990.04 in Union ip. ish county said that he was in|E blue denim county ‘to $94,000 in Marion county. | favor of the present system because | Pleated front $2.56 In Posey County | “under the convention method, the|% and back. Sizes | bosses control.” 12 to 20.

Average cost per vote ranged | E from 59 cents in populous Vander- | C h eck Itch i ny E First Application $

burgh county to $2.56 in Posey county. More than 60 per cent of | "Agonizing itching of ugly eczema, Rash, |E Tetter, Ringworm, Pimples, Scabies, Toe,

the surveyed counties had a cost-per-vote average higher than $1. ers estimated ‘that pay=-|Itch is checked on ONE APPLICATION of| og incl election board BLUB STAR OINTMENT. Repeat as|E ment of P ; 1 {needed as nature helps heal. Money back if | & members for serving at the POLS FIRST jar fails to satisty. Try it today. &

in conducting the primary required | - approximately half of the $440,000 Indiana cost. Some 30,000 workers received ‘from $3 to $12 each for their day-long vigil at the voting places. County election board members— three for each county—received betweery $75 and $500 each for their services, depending on the population of the county. A conservative estimate of the total pay in Indiana for these 276 members, figuring three for each of 92 counties, was $40,000 to $50,000. ’ The central counting system, used | in several] of the larger counties, was a big expense item, the survey showed. Marion County Cost

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