Australian ballot
Australian ballot 澳大利亚式选举 它是以旨在保障投票秘密性的各种防范措施为特征的一种选举方式，在美国以诸多形式被广泛使用。不过，这种选举形式与澳大利亚所使用的选举方式并不完全一样，而且在美国各州也不尽相同，但此制度的核心特点有二：一是以确保投票的秘密性安排选举；二是在有权机关的监督下印制和分发载有全部候选人名单的正式选票。
Australian ballot
Australian ballot
A uniform ballot printed by the government, listing all eligible candidates, and marked in secret. • Before Australian ballots became standard, candidates often printed their own ballots with only their names, and watchers at polling places could see whose ballot a voter was casting. — Loosely termed secret ballot. [Cases: Elections 126(5), 164. C.J.S. Elections