Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1908 — PULASKI TO USE VOTING MACHINES. [ARTICLE]

PULASKI TO USE VOTING MACHINES.

Pulaski county will use voting machines in all townships having two or more precincts thiß fall in the presidential election. The township trustees have arranged with a voting machine company to rent machines for use during the Election and if after it is over the voters like them and want the Board of Commissioners to buy the machines, then the rental will be applied on the purchase price. The precincts will be consolidated, two in one. This will no doubt be cheaper than to go through the election the old, way, and much more accurate. This kray the result will be known as soon as the machine is opened after the last vote is east. Newton county has tried these machines and the result has been highly satisfactory. There is no doubt that they greatly reduce the opportunity for fraud and also insure a correct count, while a vote can be cast in onefourth the time that it takes to mark a ballejt the old way.