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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 4036, 5 December 1881, Page 2

The instructions to the returning officers at the present election, in conformity with clause 30 of the Regulation of Elections Act, make the voting by ballot far more secret than what it has been heretofore. It will be seen that instructions 10 and 11 quoted below render it impossible for any person, be he reluming officer, deputy, or scrutineer, to tell how any person votes. They read as follows :— (10.) Every; voting paper before" it is delivered must be marked on the back on the bottom of the left hand corner with the Dumber of the voter on the roll and the initial of the returning officer, which should be folded in so as not to be seen, and gummed down, and also be stamped od the back so as the stamp may be seen. (11.) The voter then retires to the enclosed corner of the booth, where he strikes out all the candidates he does not vote for \ he folds the paper so as to conceal the votes; he exhibits to you the stamp, and then puts it into the ballot box in your presence. , .„,