Australian ballot

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Australian ballot

A printed ballot that bears the names of all candidates and the texts of propositions and is distributed to the voter at the polls and marked in secret. Also called secret ballot.

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secret ballot			John Wigmore, The Australian Ballot System as Embodied in the Legislation of Various Countries (1889) Many students of the secret (or Australian) ballot have maintained that rampant corruption and fraudulent voting during the Gilded Age forced legislators to adopt various reforms to curb these practices (Evans 1917; Harris 1934; Converse 1972; Rusk 1974). The secret ballot protects the incumbency advantage by Heckelman, Jac C. / Independent Review			austenitic steel Auster austere austerely Austereness austerity Austerlitz Austin Austin Friar Austin Friars Austintown Austl. austral Austral Islands Austral signs Austral. Australasia Australasian Australia Australia Day Australian Australian Aborigine Australian Alps Australian Antarctic Territory Australian arowana Australian ballot Australian bear Australian blacksnake Australian bonytongue Australian capital Australian Capital Territory Australian cattle dog Australian chestnut Australian cockroach Australian coral snake Australian crawl Australian Desert Australian dollar Australian grass tree Australian hare's foot Australian heath Australian honeysuckle Australian Labor Party Australian lancewood Australian lungfish Australian magpie Australian Mist Australian nettle Australian nettle tree Australian pea Australian pine			Australian Association of Stud Merino Breeders Australian Association of Surgeons Australian Association of TAFE Principals Australian Association of Timetable Collectors Australian Association of Vaginal and Incontinence Surgeons Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists Australian Association of Women Judges Australian Association of Writing Programs Australian Asthma & Respiratory Educators Association, Inc Australian Astro Imaging Conference Australian ATM Strategic Plan Australian Atomic Energy Commission Australian Automobile Association Australian Automobile Dealers Association Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association Australian Automotive Network Exchange Australian Aviation Insurance Group Australian Avocado Growers' Federation Australian Awards for University Teaching Australian Backpacker Tour Operators Alliance Australian Ballast Water Management Advisory Council Australian Ballet Australian Ballet Company Australian Ballooning Federation Australian ballot Australian Banana Growers Council Ltd Australian Band and Orchestra Director's Association Australian Bank Employees Union Australian Bankers Association Australian Banking & Finance Awards Australian Banking Industry Ombudsman Australian baobab Australian Baptist Missionary Society Australian Baptist World Aid Australian Barefoot Racers Club Australian Barley Board Australian Barnardos Recruitment Services Australian barracuda Australian Barramundi Farmers Association Australian Basketball Coaches Association Australian Bat Lyssa Virus Australian bat lyssavirus disease Australian bat lyssavirus disease Australian bat lyssavirus disease Australian bat lyssavirus disease Australian bat lyssavirus disease Australian Baton Twirling Association Australian bear Australian bear Australian bear Australian bear Australian Beef Carcase Appraisal System Australian Beef Research Institute Australian Beer Can Collectors Association Australian Better Business Insurance

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