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Write short note: Merits and demerits of secret ballot in democracy.

  • UPSC 1992
  • Politics and Society

The secret ballot lets a voter record a choice in private, so that no one can link a particular vote to a particular voter. It was first adopted in the Australian colonies of Victoria and South Australia in 1856, hence the name "Australian ballot", and in Britain through the Ballot Act of 1872. It is…

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