noun
- A type of voting in which each person's vote is kept secret, but the amassed votes of various groups are revealed publicly.
- See Australian ballot.
secret ballot
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Noun
(plural secret ballots)
- 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.
Usage notes
- Was known as the Australian ballot because it was first adopting officially there in 1856.
- Also formerly known as the Massachussetts ballot, for the first US state that adopted it.
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