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No type of voting precedes a secret ballot. All ballots are secret.
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In the United States, two forms of voting were common before the 1890s, when the Australian or secret ballot was adopted. In some areas, viva-voce voting was used. That is, voters simply walked up to the polling-place clerk and called out their choices while the clerk wrote them down. In other areas, partisan paper ballots were used. In those areas, most voters used pre-printed "party tickets" distributed by the parties, although it was legal to edit the party ticket by crossing out names you didn't like, or splitting your ticket -- literally using scissors to cut up party tickets and glue the pieces together to support candidates from multiple parties. In the extreme, you could make your own ticket from blank paper and write out the candidates you liked.
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What is a type of voting the preceded the secret ballot?
No type of voting precedes a secret ballot. All ballots are secret.
Witch type of ballot encourages straight ticket voting?
The party-column ballot encourages straight-ticket voting within one party. Each candidate is grouped on the ballet by party as well as by office.
What type of voting equipment is used in Michigan - livingston county?
paper ballot - punch out the "chad"
In what type of voting is the names of the parties appear at the tops of the column's and the titles of the various offices are shown at the sides?
In a party-column ballot or "Indiana ballot," the names of candidates are placed in separate columns according to their party affiliations with the party name at the top of each column.
What type of voting system is approval voting known to be?
Approval voting is a system used for election where there needs to be a single winner. Voters are asked whether they approve of a candidate and may answer yes or no. Voters may vote for as many candidates as they wish. The candidate with the most yes votes at the end of ballot wins.
What is the difference between a ballad and a ballot?
A ballad is a poem/song which tells a story. Often of folk origin and consisting of simple stanzas -- usually having a refrain. A ballot is word relative to voting. For instance, -- the ballot slip -- the paper on which you cast your vote -- the ballot results -- the voting totals -- the ballot of candidates -- a list of candidates running for office -- take a ballot of who wants to go
A type of ballot for people who cannot vote in person?
Absentee ballot; or, in some states, a mail-in ballot (that can be used by anyone).
What type of ballot is used in Texas?
Depending on the type of election and the polling place, Texas offers voters a paper ballot that will be counted by hand or a paper ballot that will be scanned with an optical vote scanner.
What type of election ballot lists the candidates according to the office they are seeking?
an office block ballot
The phenomenon of ticket splitting is most associated with which type of election ballot?
Answer this question… The Australian ballot
How does the presidential caucus work in Iowa?
In the Iowa caucus there isn't a secret ballot - it's a very different type of voting. The following video on YouTube from Edwards's campaign office is an entertaining way to educate yourself on how a caucus vote is actually cast. Iowa Caucus Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=DJX5S6UWXYI It will be very interesting this year! susan
What is office group ballot?
An Office Block Ballot is a type of electoral ballot in which the names of those running appears in a single column under a heading which states the office for which they are running. Office Block Ballot often list candidates in alphabetical order, which many have interpreted as being as inherent disadvantage to those who end up on the bottom of the column.
