ELECTION RESULTS
Sir, —A correspondent signing his letter “Poll Clerk” wants to know how a return can be furnished in a few minutes after the booth has closed and the boxes opened. Elementary, my dear what’s his name! In a straightout contest between only two candidates the procedure is something like this. Jones is the popular candidate, Brown the earache. At the stroke of seven the first question is: “What are the total votes cast?” The answer may be 1147 in that particular booth. All right, count the smaller number. That is done and “Earache” gets 349 votes. Never mind the informals, they’ll come out at the official count. Three hundred and forty-nine from 1147 gives the popular candidate a total of 798, a majority of 449. Isn’t that simple? Any errors can always be adjusted when the official count takes place. Thus are records broken and reputations maintained.—Yours, etc., 34 YEARS A D.R.O. December 4, 1946.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 25051, 6 December 1946, Page 5
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