A Voting Machine.
— v ]$y Telegraph — I'rcss Association — Copyright Wellington, December 10. Mr Ellis, chemist, of Stratford, has in* vented an automatic voting machine which he has patented all oxer t be world. It is based partly on the principle of the penny in the slot, and partly on that of the totali3ator. The voter slips a metal disc through the slot and a bell rings and tho numbers of the vote i at the close of the poll, and the total number for each candidate is shown o j a dial and the result is known at oace. Mr Ellis claims for his invention absolute secrecy, and great saving of time and cost. He hns spent live years in elab orating tho machine and guarding against every coutiugcucy that ran arise The apparatus was last Saturday shown iv the lobby of the Houso to members.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 140, 13 December 1897, Page 2
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146A Voting Machine. Feilding Star, Volume XIX, Issue 140, 13 December 1897, Page 2
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