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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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Australian ballot — Aus*tra li*an bal lot (Law) A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Australian ballot — ☆ Australian ballot n. 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… … English World dictionary
Australian ballot — a ballot containing the names of all the candidates for public office, handed to the voter at the polling station to be marked in secret: so called because it originated in Australia. Cf. Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, office block ballot … Universalium
australian ballot — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : an official ballot printed at public expense on which the names of all the nominated candidates appear and which is distributed only at the polling place and marked in secret see indiana ballot, massachusetts… … Useful english dictionary
Australian ballot — An official ballot on which the names of all the candidates are printed. Its use is accompanied by safeguards designed to maintain secrecy in voting. The so called Australian ballot laws, widely adopted in various forms in the United States, have … Black's law dictionary
Australian ballot — An official ballot on which the names of all the candidates are printed. Its use is accompanied by safeguards designed to maintain secrecy in voting. The so called Australian ballot laws, widely adopted in various forms in the United States, have … Black's law dictionary
Australian ballot — See Australian ballot system … Ballentine's law dictionary
Australian ballot system — The term applied to the ballot used and the method and regulation of voting in American elections. The system is not exactly the same as that used in Australia. It also varies between the states, but the statutes which impose the system of voting … Ballentine's law dictionary
Australian ballot — noun Date: 1888 an official ballot printed at public expense on which the names of all the candidates and proposals appear and which is distributed only at the polling place and marked in secret … New Collegiate Dictionary
Australian ballot — Austral′ian bal′lot n. gov a ballot containing the names of all the candidates for public office, handed to a voter at a polling place to be marked in secret: it originated in Australia • Etymology: 1885–90, amer … From formal English to slang
