Meaning Secret ballot
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Secret ballot


A method of voting (eg, behind screens) so that nobody can see the way a voter has voted. Any poll clerk or scrutineer who infringes the secrecy of the poll is guilty of a corrupt practice.
Source: elections.org.nz (offline)

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Secret ballot


A way of casting your vote in secret. This was to prevent people, such as landlords or bosses, from pressurising people to vote for a certain
Source: historyofparliamentonline.org

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According to 29 USCS ยง 402 "Secret ballot" means the expression by ballot, voting machine, or otherwise, but in no event by proxy, of a choice with respect to any election or vote taken upon [..]
Source: definitions.uslegal.com

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Secret ballot


A vote made in secret. Sometimes called the 'Australian ballot'.
Source: elections.act.gov.au

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Secret ballot


A vote made in secret - first introduced in Victoria in 1856. Sometimes called the 'Australian ballot'.
Source: vec.vic.gov.au

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Secret ballot


The voting system involving ballots available only at official polling places, prepared at public expense, containing the names of all candidates, and marked in secret at the polling places.
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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