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Originally Posted by GrahamJones
Ballot box votes are secret because your polling card [id address] is not linked to the slip of paper you put a cross on. The marked register is to stop fraud, ie make sure no one votes multiple times and is simply the summary of people who have handed over polling cards.
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Is the phrase "A load of old ballcocks" acceptable in Council Chambers ? If not I will not use it to describe the above quote.
Your voting slip is torn from a pad and both the slip and the counterfoil left in the pad have a serial no. Your electoral roll number is noted on the counterfoil of your voting slip thus allowing the authorities to ascertain exactly who voted for who. This is secret voting?
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