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secret ballot

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noun

a vote in which the confidentiality of how one votes is safeguarded.
Australian ballot.

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RELATED WORDS

tally, referendum, choice, majority, poll, ballot, yea, wish, suffrage, will, franchise, ticket, nay, plebiscite, aye

Nearby words

secondo, secos, secrecy, secret, secret agent, secret ballot, secret history, secret partner, secret police, secret santa, secret sauce

Origin of secret ballot

First recorded in 1910–15
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019