Chronology of Introduction
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Date | Country | Notes |
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1795 (August 22) | France | |
1849 | Netherlands | |
1853 | Colombia | |
1856 (February 7) | Australia (Tasmania) | The other Australian states of Victoria (March 19, 1856), South Australia (April 2, 1856), New South Wales (1858), Queensland (1859), and Western Australia (1877) followed. |
1861 | Italy | |
1861 | Ecuador | |
1866 | Sweden | Voter chooses party-specific ballot in the open, limiting the secrecy. There is, however, the possibility to choose a blank ballot on which you can choose any party in complete secrecy. |
1870 | New Zealand | |
1872 | United Kingdom | In the UK this was passed by the Ballot Act 1872, but is no longer the case by virtue of Schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as mentioned above. |
1872 | Switzerland | |
1874 | Canada | |
1877 | Belgium | |
1885 | Norway | |
1891 | United States of America | Massachusetts was the first state to hold a secret ballot, in 1888, and Kentucky was the last to do so, in 1891. |
1901 | Denmark | In connection with The Shift of Government (Danish: Systemskiftet) |
1906 | Russia | |
1907 | Austria | |
1907 | Finland | |
1912 | Argentina | |
1918 | Poland | |
1918 | Uruguay | |
1919 | Romania | |
1925 | Costa Rica | |
1931 | Peru | |
1932 | Brazil | |
1946 | Venezuela | |
1947 | Hungary | |
1950 | Turkey | |
1950 | El Salvador |
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