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AUSTRALIAN BALLOT IN THE UNITED STATES

Party circle, 41, 46.
Party-column or Indiana form of the ballot, 36–37, 39–41, 46.
Party emblems, 41–43, 46.
Pasters: use in New York, 20; for independent nominations, 51–52.
Penal sanctions to safeguard the ballot, 55.
Political parties defined by law, 29–30.
Polling-place, arrangement of, 35.
Printing of the ballots: unofficial ballots, 9; official, 28–29, 70.
Publicity provisions: lack of, under unofficial ballot, 15; under the official ballot, 34.

Separate-party ballots, 37–38.
Short ballot, need for, 71.
Signatures on the ballot: voter’s signature, 10; election officials’ signature, 48.
Southern states: viva voce system in, 4–5; unofficial ballot in, 4–5.
Spoiled ballots, 52.
Stub, 45.

Tasmanian dodge, 49, 72.
Tissue-paper ballots, 7.

Unofficial ballot: introduction of, 1–4; form of, 5–8; size of, 9; color of, 6–7; preparation of, 9; manner of voting, 9–10; defects of, 10–16, 70.

Validity of certificates of nomination, 33.
“Vest-pocket” vote, 10, 24.
Viva voce voting. See Methods of Voting.

Water-marked ballot paper, 47.
Western states: viva voce system in, 6; unofficial ballot in, 6.