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Voting By Telegraph

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Parent Issue
Day
22
Month
May
Year
1874
Copyright
Public Domain
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i.ne uerman líeicbstag is nereatter going to do its voting by telegraph, and there is very little doubt that we shall soon have same process introduced in our American legislativa bodies. The wires are to be so arranged that eaeh inemhsr can indícate his vote from his seat. In front of the seat are two buttans, one indioating, yes, the other no. A pressure on the button telegraphs tho vote to a circular table, in front of the President' desk, upon which the names of all the meinbers are written down, so that iinmediately after pressiug the button, each meinber can see a piece of paper appear unaer his name with his yes or no on it. Underneath this circular table are three otber tables, the first one of whieh shows immediately the total number of aye?, the second the total number of noes, and the third the total number of all the votes cast, wheroby the fornier two can bo checked. A box in another part of the house at the same time has an arrangement similar to that used by our banks in getting the reports of the sales of stocks in tha New York tnarket, which issues a narrow slip of paper with the name of each individual ínember and his vote upon it. It is calculated thut it will only take a haif-minute to count votes by this method.

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Old News
Michigan Argus