Australian Ballot Definition

noun
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.
American Heritage
An official ballot listing candidates for election to public office and issues, levies, etc., distributed inside the polling place to be marked by the voter in secret: it originated in Australia and is widely used in the U.S.
Webster's New World
The secret ballot system of voting in which voting is done in private on a state-issued ballot and ballots incorrectly marked set aside as invalid.
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Other Word Forms of Australian Ballot

Noun

Singular:
Australian ballot
Plural:
australian-ballots

Origin of Australian Ballot

  • The secret ballot was first implemented in Australia in 1856.

    From Wiktionary

Australian Ballot Sentence Examples

  • Buying, selling or offering to buy or sell a vote has for penalty disfranchisement, and since 1891 the Australian ballot system has been used.

  • Under this act, in 1902, there was a favourable vote (451,319 to 76,975) for the adoption of measures requisite to securing the election of United States senators by popular and direct vote, and in 1903 the legislature of the state (which in 1891 had asked Congress to submit such an amendment) adopted a joint resolution asking Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment to the Federal Constitution; in 1904 there was a majority of all the votes cast in the election for an amendment to the primary laws providing that voters may vote at state primaries under the Australian ballot.

  • The Australian ballot was introduced in 1891.

  • An Australian ballot law was passed in 1891.

  • A form of the Australian ballot with party columns is provided at public expense.

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