This book provides a transcript of a hearing before the Committee on Accounts of the US House of Representatives on the topic of electronic and mechanical voting systems. The hearing was held in 1916 and provides a fascinating insight into the early history of electronic voting. A valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of voting technology.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.