An Office Block Ballot is a type of electoral ballot in which the names of those running appears in a single column under a heading which states the office for which they are running. Office Block Ballot often list candidates in alphabetical order, which many have interpreted as being as inherent disadvantage to those who end up on the bottom of the column.
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A ballot in which candidates are arranged by Party rather than office. It encourages split-ticket voting. Then the opposite is a Nonpartison Election in which candidates are arranged by office rather than party.
A ballot that contains the names of all the candidates that are running for a public office that is catigorized by what office they are running for,
Office-group ballot
With a special ballot, an elector can vote by mail or in person at the office of any returning officer.
The party-column ballot encourages straight-ticket voting within one party. Each candidate is grouped on the ballet by party as well as by office.
A set number of registered voters sign a petition to put a initiative on the ballot. It then goes to the state election office and they validate the voter petitions. If it passes the correct number of signed registered voters it goes to be written properly for the ballot and written for the ballot. The economic affect of the initiative is also studied and placed with the initiative in the ballot.
The secret ballot is also known as the Australian ballot, perhaps because it was first used in Victoria, Australia, in 1856.