VOTING BY ELECTRICITY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13780, 19 June 1908, Page 6

VOTING BY ELECTRICITY.

' "* As ingenious device railed tho Electric Vote Recorder has been invented by Mr., A. E. ?£>,' Moss, of Dnnedin. It consists of a square /1" box containing the mechanism, which is.plac-. Ed ' before the official, and this is connected by means of electric wires with battens, which are placed behind « screen. On these battens are tho names of the candidates, with a. push-button attached to each. The voter r touches the button against the name he ."] wishes to vote for, and. this puts the machine •i (,' ready for action, and starts a bell, which ,v ' continues •to 'ring while the voter leaves the {{< booth. The official moves a handle, which, 'V'-" ' inside the box and out of-sight, records the -v vote, marks a card for that candidate, and deposits it in a drawer within tho machine, and this card is not seen again unless a .. , recount is ordered. At the close of the pollJV . . ing the 'result is made apparent) by unlock* - ing a part of .box, which discovers a Sj, ,?>', watch-face disc with pointers recording the tota} votes gained by each' candidate. Some o£ ,tbe advantages claimed for the electric ; vo£piy machine are absolute secrecy, perfect "IP , ; reliability, simplicity, ■. and portability. It £/', , records ' a positive vote, and there seems C)> , ,to be 'no chance of confusion. Tho inventor '>j? t is prepared to submit his machine ta ex"l 1 haustive teste, and has patented it in the ,*. Dominion and in tho Commonwealth. Each ;Waphine*k to cost £3-or under.