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secret ballot

noun

  1. a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of secret ballot1

First recorded in 1910–15
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The conclave is a gathering of 120 cardinals who hold a secret ballot in the Sistine Chapel to elect the next pope.

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Then parliament will hold a secret ballot to decide.

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It’s worth noting that this was a secret ballot, so it was far from a public repudiation of Trumpworld.

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But it was a secret ballot, so the truth will never be known.

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Union organizers had pressed for the card-check law, contending the secret ballot process, typically held at job sites, left workers fearful of retaliation from employers.

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