# A History of the Australian Ballot System in the United States/Index

INDEX
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.
​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.