Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

Jeff Jones wrote:

> >In which context it is known, at least in the U.S., as the "Australian
> >ballot".
>
> I thought that "Australian ballot" meant secret ballot. Individual votes in
> the USA were originally public knowledge.
True in general.  But in Fhandom, the Australian Ballot means a voter
preference system, not just any old secret ballot.

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