The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This...

its members). The word ballot comes from Italian ballotta, meaning a "small ball used in voting" or a "secret vote taken by ballots" in Venice, Italy. In...

British secret ballot using ballot papers and a ballot box was held in Pontefract on 15 August 1872, under the terms of the recently enacted Ballot Act 1872...

others, since the ballot is not cast in secret; collection of ballots by dishonest collectors who mark votes or fail to deliver ballots; and insiders changing...

Blackballing is a rejection in a traditional form of secret ballot, where a white ball or ballot constitutes a vote in support and a black ball signifies...

and local government elections in the United Kingdom to be held by secret ballot. The act abolished the traditional hustings system of nomination and...

An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast to a secret ballot, where a voter's choices are confidential. The open...

Secret Ballot (Persian: رأی مخفی Ra'ye makhfi) is an Iranian film from 2001. It was directed by Babak Payami. The film covers a day in the life of an...

on the resolution, Russia called for the measure to be voted on by secret ballot, arguing that countries would have difficulties representing certain...

a secret ballot at the line award in order to quell fears about retaliation. At the Somerset convention, the county chair denied a motion for secret ballot...

vote in their stead. The proxy must be trusted by the voter, as in a secret ballot there is no way of verifying that they voted for the correct candidate...

The ballot laws of the Roman Republic (Latin: leges tabellariae) were four laws which introduced the secret ballot to all popular assemblies in the Republic...

instructions, violation of the secret ballot, ballot stuffing, tampering with voting machines, destruction of legitimately cast ballots, voter suppression, voter...

replace the pre-Confederation elections law. The new law provided for the secret ballot in Quebec elections for the first time. Under the pre-Confederation...

Election Act, a provincial statute. It was the second election where the secret ballot was used in Quebec. The Act required that each municipality prepare...

In voting, a ballot is considered spoilt, spoiled, void, null, informal, invalid or stray if a law declares or an election authority determines that it...

2008-04-30. Retrieved 2014-04-30. "World | Africa | Tsvangirai rejects 'sham' ballot". BBC News. 2008-06-27. Retrieved 2014-04-30. Najafizada, Eltaf; Rupert...

German states, Denmark and Netherlands. 1850s: introduction of the secret ballot in Australia; 1872 in UK; 1892 in USA 1853: Black Africans given the...

used a secret ballot following the 1872 Secret Ballot Act. The Irish Nationalist gains could well be attributed to the effects of the Secret Ballot Act,...

secret ballot, hoping to prevent individuals from becoming influenced by other people and to protect their political privacy. The objective of secret...

Chambers were also appointed, by secret ballot and in ballot box, directed by the corresponding tables. These ballots were held following the general election...

votes and the voting is conducted by Election Commission of India via secret ballot. The vice president also acts as the chancellor of the Panjab University...

support for an idea to devote more meeting time to it, and (when not a secret ballot) for the attendees to see who is on which side of a question. However...

movie Secret Ballot. In defense, film-maker Anurag Kashyap voiced his support to the team of Newton, stating "Newton is as much a copy of Secret Ballot, The...

The Save Our Secret Ballot, Inc. (SOS) is a 501(c)(4) conservative advocacy organization created to promote states to pass constitutional amendments that...

other social problems. Other works by George defended free trade, the secret ballot, free (at marginal cost) public utilities/transportation provided by...

the candidate or party of their choice in secret. If a ballot paper is used, this will be placed into a ballot box in front of witnesses who cannot see...

Following the third ballot, the Republican conference voted by secret ballot to remove Jordan as their nominee. A fourth speaker ballot occurred on October...

and also known as plebiscite, votation, popular consultation, ballot question, ballot measure, or proposition. Some definitions of 'plebiscite' suggest...

members of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and state legislative assemblies in a secret ballot procedure. The nomination of a candidate for election to the office...