An open ballot system is a voting method in which voters vote openly, in contrast to a secret ballot, where a voter's choices are confidential.
The open ballot system was the norm prior to Australia adopting the secret ballot in 1856.[1] It was used in Argentina until the adoption of the secret ballot in 1912.[2] In the late twentieth century, the open ballot was used in the Third Nigerian Republic during the 1993 Nigerian presidential election (the method was referred to as "Option A4"), an election widely considered by Nigerians as a significant symbol of democracy in Nigerian political history.[3][4]
^Terry Newman, "Tasmania and the Secret Ballot" (PDF). (144 KiB) (2003), 49(1) Aust J Pol & Hist 93, accessed May 20, 2015
first-past-the-post systems only allow voters to select one candidate for each position. In party-list systems, lists may be open or closed. Ballot for the 2016...
voting system where voters indicate a rank to order candidates or options—in a sequence from first, second, third, and onwards—on their ballots. Ranked...
An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station to which the voter is normally allocated...
is a ballot option in some jurisdictions or organizations, designed to allow the voter to indicate disapproval of the candidates in a voting system. It...
A ballot box is a temporarily sealed container, usually a square box though sometimes a tamper resistant bag, with a narrow slot in the top sufficient...
voting devices such as paper ballots, machine voting or openballotsystems, and consequently the type of vote counting systems, verification and auditing...
technology – Office Open XML file formats. The fast track process consists of a contradictions phase, a ballot phase, and a ballot resolution phase. During...
open list system when using traditional paper-based voting are as follows: One method (used in Belgium and the Netherlands) is to have a large ballot...
However, non-plurality systems such as closed list PR may also use just as simple ballots. In cases without ballots, such as open voting by raised hands...
introduction of electronic voting, paper ballots were used and manual counting was done. The printed paper ballots were expensive, required substantial post-voting...
Software used on DRE machines must be open to public scrutiny" to ensure the accuracy of the voting system. Verifiable ballots are necessary because computers...
simplest in parliamentary systems where just one choice is on the ballot, and these are often tallied manually. In other political systems where many choices...
Azinge, "The Right to Vote in Nigeria: A Critical Commentary on the OpenBallotSystem," Journal of African Law, Vol. 38, No. 2 (1994), pp. 173–180. Ajayi...
national election. This change in the process saw ballots shift from the "openballot" system to ballots where voters fill in ovals next to the candidate...
to vote for partisan candidates. In a traditional open primary, voters may select one party's ballot and vote for that party's nomination. As in a closed...
Postal voting is voting in an election where ballot papers are distributed to electors (and typically returned) by post, in contrast to electors voting...
advantage where many contests are on each ballot. Hand-counting is more feasible in parliamentary systems where each level of government is elected at...
a knockout contest from the local to the national level, using an openballotsystem – Option A4. The nomination process resulted in the emergence of Bashir...
systems to maintain voter registrations and display these electoral rolls to polling place staff. Most election offices handle thousands of ballots,...
Senate and House of Representatives. Electoral calendar Electoral systemOpenballotsystem Oni, Samuel; Chidozie, Felix; Agbude, Godwyns (11 August 2014)...
skipped candidates the lowest possible score for the ballot they were skipped. Other forms have those ballots not affect the candidate's rating at all. Those...
(1994). "The Right to Vote in Nigeria: A Critical Commentary on the OpenBallotSystem". Journal of African Law. 38 (2): 173–180. doi:10.1017/s0021855300005507...
In elections in the United States, a provisional ballot (called an affidavit ballot in New York) is used to record a vote when there are questions about...
half of voters) Quota (candidates must at least reach the quota) Type of ballot single choice multiple choice cumulative (more than one vote for one candidate...
cast a ballot for their chosen candidate are called "voters." There are different systems for collecting votes, but while many of the systems used in...
electoral system, counted as "none of the above" votes. Protest votes can take many different forms: Blank ballots Null ballots Spoiled ballots None of...
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