Essentials in civil government; . is given to him. A ballotis a slip or sheet of paper upon which are printed thenames of the political parties and the names of theircandidates for election. The voter takes his ballot andpasses into a small booth where he cannot be seen byany one. In the booth he finds writing material and ashelf or desk on which he may write. After he has markedhis ballot in a way that shows how he wishes to vote, thevoter folds his ballot so that the marks cannot be then returns to the place where the officers sit, and hisballot is put into a large box, which is usua
Essentials in civil government; . is given to him. A ballotis a slip or sheet of paper upon which are printed thenames of the political parties and the names of theircandidates for election. The voter takes his ballot andpasses into a small booth where he cannot be seen byany one. In the booth he finds writing material and ashelf or desk on which he may write. After he has markedhis ballot in a way that shows how he wishes to vote, thevoter folds his ballot so that the marks cannot be then returns to the place where the officers sit, and hisballot is put into a large box, which is usually made of glass. The foregoing is the method of voting followed in most 50 ELECTIONS 51 States. It is known as the ^Australian System, becauseit was first adopted in Australia. In some States thereis a separate ballot for the candidates of each party; the ,voter is given a set of these ballots, and goes into the boothto make his choice, or to write a new ballot. The Aus-tralian system is the best method of voting that has thus. The Polls far been tried, except perhaps the voting machine, whichlikewise provides for a secret vote. Voting machines arecoming into use in some States. A long time ago men used to vote by calling out in aloud voice the name of their favorite candidate. Butthis method often led to quarrels and fights, and it hadto be abandoned. The open ballot was then tried. Bythis method the voter cast his ballot before the judges 52 CITIZENSHIP and bystanders in such an open way that any one whodesired could see how he had voted. This led to sum of money would be given the voter for voting in acertain way, and the man who gave him the money wouldfollow him up to the polls, and watch him to see that hevoted the way he was paid to vote. The open ballot alsoled to intimidation. The voter was frequently afraid tovote the way he would like to, lest he might offend anemployer or some one else whom be could ill afford tooffend. For such reasons as these voting b
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