THE SECRET BALLOT
A MASTERTON COMPLAINT. A ecrrcj.jpcii'clcnt, signing himself "N.flJ." wi!"ftes- as follows to the "Watrarapa Age":— "Being am ordinary elector, i do not presruime to know very much of about the inis l and outs of the ballot business; but I have been, thiiilkiug over somte tihrings, upon wliicih you may perhaps be able to put ncfei right. ... It. seems to. me, from wliat Kittle 1 know of tihe mat-, .fcer, tibt.it tie balSct is not 'secret. Any, person holding the ballot paper; tlie■' . cpi»; ; tejrfeiit, lopk ; Uipi.';iit. mii 'just' whd'^ahyr'eileicl- - votes for.'. N6wj this is th© point 'iipon'wlia6lJ--fiTp'-wlibJe matter-hinges. ; I go to the poDing booth and' give my name to the officer in charge. ( Thet said officer hands iwe my ballot paper, but not until he has marked' thte same with my special earmark. Now, why that earmark P I afoaost fellt inclined to say, 'Tleaste don't earmark me; this is a secret transaction.' It fe evidently the law of i the land, though,, and I suppose we.j must abide by it. ; ,
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 28 December 1911, Page 5
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175THE SECRET BALLOT Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10511, 28 December 1911, Page 5
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