• A ballot is a device used to cast votes in an election and may be found as a piece of paper or a small ball used in voting. It was originally a small ball...
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    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...
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  • An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station to which the voter is normally allocated...
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    In elections in the United States, a provisional ballot (called an affidavit ballot in New York) is used to record a vote when there are questions about...
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    A ballot box is a temporarily sealed container, usually a square box though sometimes a tamper resistant bag, with a narrow slot in the top sufficient...
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  • Ballot access are rules and procedures regulating the right to candidacy, the conditions under which a candidate, political party, or ballot measure is...
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    A sample ballot is a document sent to registered voters to help them prepare for an election. A sample ballot usually provides the voter's polling place...
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  • Ballot collecting, also known as "ballot harvesting" or "ballot chasing", is the gathering and submitting of completed absentee or mail-in voter ballots...
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    Buys Ballot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbœyz bɑˈlɔt]; October 10, 1817 – February 3, 1890) was a Dutch chemist and meteorologist after whom Buys Ballot's law...
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    A ballot selfie is a type of selfie that is intended to depict the photographer's completed ballot in an election, as a way of showing how the photographer...
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    Referendum (redirect from Ballot measure)
    and also known as plebiscite, votation, popular consultation, ballot question, ballot measure, or proposition. Some definitions of 'plebiscite' suggest...
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    In California, a ballot proposition is a referendum or an initiative measure that is submitted to the electorate for a direct decision or direct vote (or...
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  • appear on the ballot but seeks election by asking voters to cast a vote for the candidate by physically writing in the person's name on the ballot. Depending...
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  • Ballot stuffing, or "ballot-box stuffing", is the illegal practice of one person submitting multiple ballots during a vote in which only one ballot per...
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    The list of Oregon ballot measures lists all statewide ballot measures to the present. In Oregon, the initiative and referendum process dates back to 1902...
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  • the alternative vote, ballot exhaustion occurs when a voter's ballot can no longer be counted, because all candidates on that ballot have been eliminated...
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    Clip from "The Ballot or the Bullet" The first 45 seconds of "The Ballot or the Bullet" as given April 12, 1964 in Detroit Problems playing this file...
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  • 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...
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    random ballot or random dictatorship is a randomized electoral system where the election is decided on the basis of a single randomly-selected ballot. A closely-related...
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    Ballot tracking is a tool voters and election officials use to track ballots sent to mail-in voters. Ballot tracking reports updates in the ballot's delivery...
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  • disparaging spoiled ballot, which is not counted separately from ballots which have been accidentally spoiled. Some provinces allow a ballot to be refused on...
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    for ballot access in Ohio, New York". Libertarian Party. August 17, 2016. "July 2016 Ballot Access News Print Edition – Ballot Access News". ballot-access...
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  • is a list of ballot measures, whether initiated by legislators or citizens, which have been certified to appear on various states' ballots during the 2024...
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    following is a list of California ballot propositions broken down by decade. Propositions can be placed on the ballot either through the exercise of the...
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    is a list of California ballot propositions from 2020 to 2029. Propositions in 2022 only appeared on the general election ballot. Fensterwald, John. "All...
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    The Ballot Act 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 33) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that introduced the requirement for parliamentary and local...
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    Ranked voting (redirect from Ranked ballot)
    preferences) and are only applied when all higher-ranked preferences on a ballot have been eliminated. Some ranked vote systems use ranks as weights; this...
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    Ballot was a French manufacturer, initially of engines, that also made automobiles between 1919 and 1932. Édouard Ballot became well known as a designer...
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  • or not a candidate or political party is entitled to appear on voters' ballots. Under Article 2, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, laws about...
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  • Green Party of Alaska, despite having ballot access, did not place the GPUS nominee Howie Hawkins on the ballot. 1996 and 2000 presidential campaigns...
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