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	Secret ballot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The demand for a secret ballot was one of the six points of Chartism.
		Open ballots are not truly free for those whose preferences defy the structures of power or friendship." The Populists, a short-lived American political party during 1870s through 1890s, listed the Australian ballot as one of their party platforms in the Ocala Demands.
		The UK secret ballot arrangements are sometimes criticised because it is possible to link a ballot paper to the voter that cast it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secret_ballot (747 words)

	Ballot - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At Rome the ballot was introduced to the comitia by the Leges Tabellariae, of which the Lex Gabiana (139 B.C.) relates to the election of magistrates, the Lex Cassia (137 B.C.) to judicia populi, and the Lex Papiria (131 B.C.) to the enactment and repeal of laws.
		The Billeting Act was repudiated by the king, and the ballot was not again heard of till 1705, when Fletcher of Saltoun, in his measure for a provisional government of Scotland by annual parliaments in the event of Queen Anne's death, proposed secret-voting to protect members from court influence.
		The ballot was long criticized as leading to universal hypocrisy and deception; and Sydney Smith spoke of " voters, in dominos, going to the poll in sedan-chairs with closely-drawn curtains." The observed effect of a secret ballot has been, however, gradually to exterminate undue influence.
	52.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BALLOT.htm (3064 words)

	Secret Ballot Elections - Town Mtg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In a secret ballot town the clerk should ensure that the office is still shown on the ballot, and that there is one blank line on the ballot for that office, for each vacancy in that office.
		Ballots must be packaged in "convenient blocks so that they may be removed separately." The point of this provision is undoubtedly to prevent having a large quantity of blank ballots lying around in the open.
		Paper ballots and ballot cards may be counted by deputized personnel at the counting center appointed by and under the direction of the clerk.
	www.memun.org /schoolsproject/html/Resources/officials/secret_bal.htm (9139 words)

	Secret Ballot Protection Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Secret Ballot Protection Act (SBPA) was introduced in the 109th Congress, by Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA) on Feb.17, 2005, as H.R. The bill ensures that, where a union desires to represent workers as a collective bargaining representative, the decision is made by the employees in a secret ballot election conducted by the government.
		Each voter enters the polling booth and marks the ballot in secret after which the ballot is deposited in the ballot box, which has previously been inspected and sealed until the voting.
		When all eligible voters have cast ballots, the ballot box is opened and the ballots are counted by the NLRB agent in the presence of both sides’ observers; the tally of ballots is presented and signed by the Board agent and the observers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secret_Ballot_Protection_Act (3991 words)

	Scrap the "Secret" Ballot - Return to Open Voting
		Even if voters 'verify' their ballots and even if audits are performed, widespread vote tampering can still occur with relative ease and little risk of discovery because there still remains no effective method to 'certify' the authenticity of ballots, no way to identify an individual ballot and link it to an individual voter.
		Secret ballots and transparency in government are mutually exclusive concepts.
		The secret ballot also promotes a highly dubious double standard; on the one hand, we demand that our elected officials vote publicly, while we the electorate skulk around concerned that someone might find out who we voted for.
	www.opednews.com /articles/opedne_lynn_lan_051104_scrap_the__secret__b.htm (1437 words)

	Title 30-A - §2528. Secret ballot
		If a particular article to be voted on by secret ballot requests an appropriation of money by the municipality, the article, when printed in the warrant and on the ballot, must be accompanied by a recommendation of the municipal officers.
		On the ballot must appear "Official Ballot for the Town of....," the date of election and a facsimile of the signature of the clerk.
		A sufficient number of ballots shall be printed, photocopied or otherwise mechanically reproduced and furnished, and a record of the number shall be kept by the clerk.
	janus.state.me.us /legis/statutes/30-A/title30-Asec2528.html (1923 words)

	Secret Ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Secret Ballot is more fervent about voting than any other process in recent memory.
		Secret Ballot is more straightforward than other Iranian movies, and because of a relatively simple message, it feels like something is missing.
		They live in a remote rural area with unpaved roads, little electricity, and few cars, and Payami is using the various people that the two meet to show some of the different views on the democratic process and life in general.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/secret_ballot.html (417 words)

	Witness for Justice: Protecting the secret ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Every American is guaranteed the right to a secret ballot, so that no one—not husband or wife, not parents, not employer, not pastor nor local politician knows how a voter votes.
		The no-longer secret ballots might be changed when they leave the battlefields or at Omega Technologies or when they are received by the election officials.
		To even consider taking away the right of a secret ballot for American soldiers, who are risking their lives for this very right, is not only frightening, it is un-American.
	www.ucc.org /justice/witness/wfj092704.htm (646 words)

	History of Vermont Voting Systems
		Unlike some states where voters once were required to loudly proclaim their choice of candidates in front of election officials, Vermont favored the use of the secret ballot from its very inception.
		The biggest change to the procedure of voting in Vermont occurred at the end of the nineteenth century with the adoption of the "Australian ballot." Today the phrase "Australian ballot" is used to distinguish voting by a secret ballot as opposed to a face-to-face town meeting, but that is not what the term actually means.
		Ironically, at the same time that Vermont started using the "Australian" ballot, Australia was beginning the process of abandoning it, in favor of the modern Australian ballot, which is a preference ballot used for IRV and PR elections.
	www.fairvote.org /irv/vermont/c_history.htm (876 words)

	Freemasonry Revealed: Masonry's Secret Ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It has been rather aptly said that when a petitioner is voted upon for Masonic membership he undergoes the ''Ordeal of the Secret Ballot.'' To be elected he must receive an affirmative vote from each and every member present at that meeting.
		It goes without saying that the secret ballot is occasionally abused by a member who rejects a petitioner for mere petty reasons having nothing to do with moral fitness, but such instances are rare and in almost every election the good man is elected to membership.
		In summary, it can be said the secret ballot has served the fraternity well over the centuries and liberalization of this requirement is not probable.
	hs115.kenwebster.com /about_freemasonry/ballot.htm (487 words)

	Film Review: Secret Ballot
		The secret ballot is a cornerstone of democracy.
		The secret ballot is a powerful tool of democracy, but it's no guarantee of it.
		In that case, the secret ballot would be but a chimera, a cruel prop in a choreographed illusion.
	www.kusp.org /film/archive85.html (593 words)

	Meridian Magazine :: History Bits: The Secret Ballot Comes To Utah (1878)
		But using a secret ballot was not as obvious as we might think.
		Not until after the presidential election of 1884 was the secret ballot extensively adopted in the United States.
		Persuaded that the old marked ballot was a bad system, he worked with the Mormon legislators to put through the new election law, which he promptly signed.
	www.meridianmagazine.com /historybits/041028ballot.html (1096 words)

	Procedure for Secret Ballot Vote of Employees - Labour Relations Board
		The ballot will be marked in privacy, by marking "X" in the square indicating your choice, and the ballot should then be folded.
		When the ballot box is opened, the segregated ballots will be removed from the ballot box and envelopes for all employees excluded by the Board's decision will be immediately destroyed and not opened.
		The ballot box will again be opened and the still folded ballots removed from the Secret Ballot envelopes and returned to the ballot box.
	www.hrle.gov.nl.ca /lrb/secretballot.htm (435 words)

	Political Film Society - Secret Ballot
		The Iranian film Secret Ballot (Raye makhfi), directed by Babak Payami, is at once an effort to increased public consciousness about the need to vote and an explanation for nonvoting.
		For example, the first voter objects when the border patrol officer appears to interfere in his choice of candidates; he demands to cast a secret ballot and to have the officer stop brandishing his rifle.
		When she stops at a mine, the equipment is too noisy for the lone worker to hear what she has to say, and he is just too busy to vote, perhaps implying that Iran should have elections on a national holiday, similar to many other countries.
	www.geocities.com /~polfilms/secretballot.html (574 words)

	IWMC.org - Sustainable Use - Secret Ballot
		With all due respect to the author of such remarks, they are neither logical nor consistent with the United States’ traditional posture as champion of the civil, human and political rights of its minorities as well as a global role model for the democratic process in general.
		To say the secret ballot “precludes debate” or somehow clouds the “transparency” of the decision-making process is not logical because any balloting – whether for a legislative or regulatory measure or elective office – comes at the end of debate.
		As each voter approaches his or her polling place, a clear line where debate ends and the primacy and privacy of the vote begins is established by law.
	www.iwmc.org /sustain/CITES/SecretBallot (454 words)

	Election Updates: An Interesting Question: Do We Need Secret Ballots?
		The bigger reason historically for having a secret ballot is to keep voters from selling their vote.
		Instead, their manager at their job might require submitting their ballot receipt as a condition of employment (and voted "correctly" as specified by the employer, as a condition of continued employment).
		The introduction of the secret ballot in the late 1800s did result in voter turnout declining, as the benefits of voting for the voter declined.
	electionupdates.caltech.edu /2005/11/interesting-question-do-we-need-secret.html (719 words)

	Westport Island Petitioners Propose Secret Ballot Voting
		During a meeting of the group, Monday, March 6, the pros and cons of the secret ballot system were discussed.
		The cost of implementing the secret ballot process is a concern of the group.
		The expense of ballots to be printed with 50-60 questions, the cost of the ballots to be counted, and the need for the warrants to be mailed out in advance to all the voters will create additional costs.
	wiscassetnewspaper.maine.com /2006-03-09/secret_ballot_voting.html (656 words)

	Secret Ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In “Secret Ballot,” an Iranian government agent (Nassim Abdi) is sent to a remote island inhabited by a scant population and must collect votes from the islanders.
		The central idea to “Secret Ballot” is best seen when the agent goes up to a man living in a hut and asks him to vote.
		“Secret Ballot” is still an important film for many to see, especially those who see no wrong in forcing a poor country to acquire a form of government it does not know.
	home.earthlink.net /~jchjch/Archives/S/secret_ballot.htm (570 words)

	De-mock-cracy
		Secret Ballot pokes fun at the voting process without diminishing it.
		When the two clamber aboard a boat to secure votes from its crew, the camera stays so far back their wobbly dinghy is barely a blip on the screen, underscoring the enormity of their task, and injecting a note of absurdity as well.
		Secret Ballot has the feel of a country testing the waters, wondering what democracy really means, rather than simply accepting it as a bumper-sticker cure-all.
	citypaper.net /articles/2002-08-22/movies3.shtml (548 words)

	calendarlive.com: MOVIE REVIEW - 'Secret Ballot'
		Babak Payami's delightful "Secret Ballot" is another fine Iranian film centering on a character determined to carry out a task against all odds that reveals much about present-day Iran within the confines of government censorship.
		Indeed, "Secret Ballot" might be described as a serious comedy and is a work of effectively minimalist style.
		"Secret Ballot," which has a rich, spare score by Michael Galasso that blends Eastern and Western motifs, is funny, provocative, well-paced and leaves a memorable bittersweet aftertaste.
	www.calendarlive.com /movies/cl-et-kevin9aug09,2,5542847.story (825 words)

	'Secret Ballot' has choice targets / Iranian director spins comedy from male soldier and female election worker
		In "Secret Ballot," an idealistic elections worker parachutes onto a remote island, where she wants to get as many people as possible to vote.
		As of this writing, "Secret Ballot" had still not shown theatrically in Iran, denied permission by conservative censors who may be objecting to shots of the election worker's ankles and other scenes that could be interpreted as critical of Iran's religious regime.
		Payami filmed "Secret Ballot" on the Persian Gulf island of Kish, which is 10 miles from the Iranian mainland and is a popular destination spot for divers.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/08/11/PK77897.DTL (915 words)

	Elections Office: Is it a secret ballot?
		Some voters complain that it is not a secret ballot because there is a number on the back of the ballot paper and on the counterfoil.
		After the election, they claim that their ballot paper could be matched with the counterfoil which shows their election number.
		For the above reasons, the ballot is secret and no-one should be concerned that their vote will be traced.
	www.birmingham.gov.uk /GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=6073&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=1736 (184 words)

	Amazon.ca: Secret Ballot: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Secret Ballot is slow-paced, but the movie's rhythms suit the world it depicts.
		Their constant back-and-forth, with the young soldier's incessant whining countered by the election official's mounting exasperation, taps into a strain of comedic bickering that can be found in many modern Iranian films, but it is also reminiscent of the witty repartee of American romantic comedies of the '30s and '40s.
		Secret Ballot is serene in its approach, but bitingly sardonic in its message.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007CVRU (1207 words)

	Secret Ballot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He declared that government failed to meet the people's needs "unless every elector is secured a free, secret, untrammeled and unpurchased ballot which shall be honestly counted and returned." The governor suggested that Ohio adopt the Australian Ballot System.
		Before this point, voters wrote their choices on the ballot and were not provided with a list of candidates.
		Ballots were provided to voters only at polling locations and only on Election Day.
	www.ohiohistorycentral.org /entry.php?rec=1530 (290 words)

	A secret ballot: Necessary for democracy?
		Secret ballots are just one subset of voting practices.
		The ballots are placed in sealed boxes by the voters, these boxes are openned in the presence of the witnesses, and the votes therein counted.
		Ballots are secret so they can't be sold...
	www.democraticunderground.com /discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1833232 (595 words)

	Secret Ballot
		Secret Ballot by Babak Payami is a lightweight but charming Iranian film about the frustrations an election official encounters while attempting to collect votes in a place where there is no tradition of democracy.
		In this case, the official's problems are compounded by the fact that she is a woman in a male-dominated society and must combat ideas about what is proper for women to be doing.
		What is clear is that unless an electorate is informed and feels a stake in the outcome, the process of voting is a sham and, as the protagonists in Secret Ballot found out, cannot be imposed with high minded speeches or a gun pointed at the voter's head.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /ReviewsSecretBallot.html (476 words)

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