. Loyal citizenship. as on a paper each name there is a lever. The voter pulls thelevers for the candidates that he wishes to haveelected. The device works like an adding machine,recording and totaling the vote. On another type ofvoting machine the voter merely sets pointers besidethe name that he selects. As he passes out of thebooth through a turnstile, his vote is automaticallyrecorded. Counting the vote. The polls are open from morn-ing to evening, usually about twelve hours in they are closed, the board begins to count theballots. Persons interested are allowed to wat
. Loyal citizenship. as on a paper each name there is a lever. The voter pulls thelevers for the candidates that he wishes to haveelected. The device works like an adding machine,recording and totaling the vote. On another type ofvoting machine the voter merely sets pointers besidethe name that he selects. As he passes out of thebooth through a turnstile, his vote is automaticallyrecorded. Counting the vote. The polls are open from morn-ing to evening, usually about twelve hours in they are closed, the board begins to count theballots. Persons interested are allowed to watch thecount. The difficulty of counting depends on thenumber of candidates and propositions on the it takes days to complete the count. Honesty of elections. Generally speaking, elec-tions are fairly conducted and the vote is countedhonestly. The law provides very severe penalties forbribery—buying votes; intimidation—trying to scarevoters in an effort to influence them; personation— Elections. . U ULTON HAJtVEY C 5WITH
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