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Thursday, November 9.1972
University Daily Kansan
Hitchhiking Voter Returns
It may be a long way to go to vote, but Steve Hamburg, Holland, Mich., graduate student described his 700-mile trip to his home town rolls as a "fun trip."
Hamburg was forced to hitchhike to Holland to vote when a misunderstanding over absence voting procedure made him too late to get an absence ballot. Since it was not clear how much he said he felt strongly enough about voting to all the way to Michigan to cast his vote.
Hamburg's trip, which began at 6 p.m.
Monday night and lasted until 2 p.m.
Wednesday afternoon, took him from
St. Louis to St. Louis.
Chicago and finally Holland.
At Holland the local newspaper the Holland Evening Sentinel was waiting to get
Hand Count Is Cheaper But Slower
Despite the long hours involved in tabulating paper ballots, the use of voting machines in Douglas County is not expected in the near future because of the high cost of the machines, according to Delbert Mathia, Douglas County clerk.
Shawnee County voters have cast their ballots by machine since 1956 when 300 voting machines were purchased for the county's first election in Staph, deputy elections commissioner.
The cost of the 300 machines was about $440,500. Shan said a Forty voting machines project is planned.
There are 553 machines in Johnson County, according to a spokesman for the county.
The use of voting machines was voted on in the election of 1964 and the machines were purchased for the election of 1968. The machines cost about $2,100 each.
The last of Douglas County's 40 precincts reported its results to the courthouse at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, but Johnson County's was completed by 11 p.m. Tuesday.
All Shawnee County returns were received by 11 p.m. Tuesday and the results were finalized by 2 a.m. Wednesday, Staab said.
About 400 Douglas County volunteer workers staffed the polls and counted the county's record 28,332 votes. For their efforts, the county hired many. Many of workers 24 hours straight.
Mathia said the use of machines had been discussed by county commissioners, but no one had ever initiated any action other than discussions.
CSW Plans Program On Work, Marriage
a picture of him for the front page. After the arrived home the Grand Rapids Press and the Detroit Free Press also called him to find out about the trip.
The Commission on the Status of Women is presenting "Careers and Marriage—No Hassle" at 7:30 p.m. tonight, in the Jawhawk Room of the Kansas Union.
The trip up to Holland, Hamburg said, was fairly normal. It took him 16 hours and 11 days to cover the 700 miles. The time was probably had predicted before he left Lawrence.
The program includes an informal panel discussion by several couples about the problems of coordinating marriage with a working career, family and home life, according to Galey Wamser, Emporia and chairman of the careers program.
Going to Holland he got an unexpected ride from the Missouri Highway Patrol. Hamburg said a trooper looked for several people who were also hikking around gave him a short ride.
She emphasized that the program was not only for women, but also for men.
The trip back was a little longer Hamburg said. It took him 19 hours and 4 rides. He was in the city for two days and rides on the return trip. The weather may have been a factor. Hamburg said, because he had taken a few days off.
"Maye people felt sorry for me and gave me rides," he said.
The trip back was favored with better weather so the people may have felt better
about passing a hitchhiker, he said. On the trip Hamburg waved with one of his of his friends. "I had to be very careful."
Hamburg noted that few of his rides wanted to talk politics in spite of the nearness of the election. He also said he thought the sign he carried, which read "I'm a Democrat," was very much because the first thing most drivers said was, "Where are you going?"
One of the most interesting rides Hamburg got was from three men who were going to Grand Rapids to campaign for Governor Scott Walker because they felt Indiana was left to Nixon, and they wanted to do some good for their candidate, Hamburg said. Hamburg said there was some good natured kidding about what they could expect from him; he told them that he was voting for Nixon.
Hamburg summed up the whole trip by saving that he liked to hitchhike anyway.
"I enjoyed it and would have liked to stay longer," he said.
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