A History of the Australian Ballot System in the United States

A History of the Australian Ballot System in the United States  (1917)  by Eldon Cobb Evans

Published July 1917.

A dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Literature in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Political Science)

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Copyright 1917 by The University of Chicago

All Rights Reserved

Published July 1917

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Composed and Printed by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

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The Baker & Taylor Company, New York
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The Cambridge University Press, London and Edinburgh
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Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter I: The Manner of Voting Before the Introduction of the Australian Ballot System

1. The New England States

2. The Middle Eastern States

3. The Southern States

4. The North Central and Western States

5. The Form of the Ballot

6. The Manner of Voting

7. The Defects of the Unofficial Ballot

Chapter II: The Origin of the Australian Ballot System and its Introduction into the United States

1. The Origin of the Australian Ballot

2. Its Introduction into the United States

3. The Arguments For and Against the Australian Ballot

Chapter III: The Development of the Australian Ballot in the United States

Introductory

1. The Printing and Distribution of the Ballots

2. The Procedure for Placing the Names of Candidates on the Ballot

3. Provisions for Publicity and Instruction of Voters

4. The Arrangement of the Polling-Place

Chapter IV: The Form of the Ballot

1. The Different Types of Ballots in the United States

2. The Office-Group versus the Party-Column Ballot

3. Present Status of the Form of the Ballot

Chapter V: The Manner of Voting; Penal Sanctions

1. Obtaining the Ballot

2. Marking the Ballots

3. Assisting the Voters

4. Penal Sanctions

Chapter VI: The Attitude of the Courts toward the Australian Ballot

1. The Constitutionality of the Australian Ballot

2. The Policy of the Courts in Interpreting the Ballot Laws

Chapter VII: Summary and Conclusion

Appendix A

The Text of the Original Australian Ballot Act

Appendix B

Bibliography

Table of Cases

Index

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