Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1915 — Tippecanoe County Board To Try Voting Machines. [ARTICLE]

Tippecanoe County Board To Try Voting Machines.

Lafayetee, Ind.. Oct. 19,—The board of county commissioners awarded contracts last night for thirty voting machines to cost $750 each. This is the first definite move in this county to change the manner of voting from the ballot to the machine. .There are fifty-six voting precincts in Tippecanoe county and with the machines in service the number will be decreased to thirty. If the saving through the machines ic s3,ooo.next year the amount is to be paid to the company that sold the machines. According to the contract if nothing is saved nothing is to be paid.