Page:A History of the Australian Ballot System in the United States.djvu/114

 Assistance for voters, 3, 52–54; abuse of, 72.

Australian ballot system; origin of, 17; in England, 18; introduction of, into the United States, 18–20, 26; arguments for, 21–24; arguments against, 24–26; features of, 28–55; difference from the unofficial ballot, 70; text of the original South Australian Ballot act, Appendix A.

Ballot. See Australian Ballot; Coupon Ballot; Unofficial Ballot.

Ballot-box stuffing, 13–14.

Bribery of voters, 11, 21, 71–72.

Committee, Marquis of Hartington, 18.

Confusion about the polling-place, 15–16, 23.

Constitutional amendments, 44–45.

Constitutionality of the official ballot: right of the state to require an official ballot, 56–57; objections to the provisions for nominations, 58–59, 63; objections to the procedure for voting, 59–63.

Corn and bean ballot, 1–2.

Coupon ballot, 39–40.

Courts: attitude toward the official ballot, 56–63; policy in interpreting the law, 62–68.

Distinguishing marks, 67–68.

Distribution of ballots: unofficial ballot, 9–10; official ballot, 28, 48, 70.

Dunn, Moncena. See Coupon Ballot.

Dutton, Francis S.: ballot in Australia, 17; right of illiterate elector to vote, 52.

Endless chain. See Tasmanian Dodge.

Form of the ballot. See Office-Group Ballots; Party-Column Ballots; Separate-Party Ballots.

Hill, Governor, of New York, opposition of, to Australian ballot system, 20, 24, 26.

Illiterate voter. See Assistance for Voters.

Independent nominations: right of voter to write in name, 44, 51; right of independent voters to nominate, 30–32.

Intimidation: in England, 12; in the United States, 6, 12–13.

Ivins: on the evils of the unofficial ballot, 22–23, footnote; cost of elections in New York, 14.

Louisville, Kentucky, introduction of the Australian ballot system in, 19.

Massachusetts: the unofficial ballot in, 1–3, 6, 8; introduction of the Australian ballot in, 19; the Massachusetts form of the Australian ballot, see Office-Group Ballot.

Methods of voting: under the unofficial ballot system, 9–10; under the Australian ballot system, 48–55, 65–66; by show of hands, 1; viva voce, 5.

Middle Eastern states: viva voce method in, 3–4; the unofficial ballot in, 3–4.

New England states, the unofficial ballot in, 1–3.

New York: viva voce system in, 4; unofficial ballot in, 4, 8; attempts to introduce the Australian ballot in, 19–20.

North Central states: viva voce system in, 6; unofficial ballot in, 6.

Numbering the ballot, 10, 55, 61–62.

Office-group or Massachusetts form of the ballot, 36–38, 40, 43, 46; advantages, and disadvantages of, 37–38.

Official envelope, 3, 54.