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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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The Swedish parliament in Stockholm installs an electric voting system for $20,000, replacing laborious balloting. Members press buttons for votes shown on a lighted scoreboard; abstentions and absences are tallied quickly, enabling votes in one minute versus 16-20 previously. Results are photographed for records.
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STOCKHOLM, Feb. 21.—An electric voting system has been installed in the Swedish parliament, at a cost of approximately $20,000, to take the place of the old, laborious method of balloting.
Under the new system, the member of parliament simply presses a button to register his vote. The result is revealed on a large electric scoreboard, with green lights indicating "yes" votes and red lights "no" votes.
The tabulation of those members who refrain from voting, as well as those absent, is as quickly revealed on the board, which will make a complete vote by the assembly possible in approximately one minute, compared with 16 to 20 minutes under previous systems.
A camera, mounted in front of the "scoreboard," will automatically photograph the result for use in official records of meetings.
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Stockholm
Event Date
Feb. 21.
Outcome
voting time reduced to approximately one minute from 16 to 20 minutes; system costs $20,000.
Event Details
An electric voting system has been installed in the Swedish parliament to replace the old balloting method. Members press buttons to vote, results shown on a scoreboard with green for yes and red for no, abstentions and absences tallied quickly, and a camera photographs results for records.