The regular police are recognazible by their uniforms, and by the signs on their cars and station buildings. It it moreover clear (and regulated by law) what the scope and limitations are supposed to be regarding their methods and authority.
With the secret police, none of these things apply.
Totalitarian government, no parliament during reign, secret police...
use of censorship, secret police, and repression
A leader sends secret police to spy on citizens suspected of not supporting him.
A leader sends secret police to spy on citizens suspected of not supporting him.
Answer this question… A leader sends secret police to spy on citizens suspected of not supporting him.
In a totalitarian government it is a group of people or a single political party that take control of every aspect of the lives of the people they govern. This type of government no longer recognizes the views or beliefs of any other group or political party.
people voting in secret balloting for the candidates of their choice
Usually, totalitarian regimes have a secret police (KGB in the Soviet Union, Gestapo in Nazi Germany, SAVAK in Imperial Iran etc.) and this secret police will arrest suspected dissidents, jail them, torture them, and disappear them. Anyone who does not agree with the regime is summarily removed this way.
By restricting access to information other than government propaganda
Stalin was a totalitarian, because he maneuvered himself into total control of the government by use of terror and fear. He controlled the secret police and the Politburo of the Communist Party and by that he effectively controlled everything. He permitted no political opposition, ignored laws when he wanted to and essentially imposed his personal will on the country.
Totalitarian States: A Totalitarian State is one in which all aspects of life and society, both public and private, are controlled by the dictator, meaning that there are no personal freedoms. The power is concentrated into the leader and the bureaucracy of agencies that are loyal to him, such as the army, the secret police, propaganda ministries, education ministries, and other exertions of control. Any legislatures or courts are sublimated to the will of the totalitarian leaders as are all forms of speech and communication. Both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were considered totalitarian states.
Gestapo is short for Geheime Staatspolizei, which means literally 'secret state [government] police'. It was the Nazi secret (political) police, which was looking for opponents to the regime, people who were dissatisfied, saboteurs and so on.