• Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    I don’t think they really existed yet in his era. You’ve got to remember that Australia, a much younger country, invented the secret ballot. It was known as the “Australian Ballot” for a long time.

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      3 months ago

      Better systems existed but to your point, they were not well known.

      Leaders today, with access to Wikipedia if not researchers with Nobel prizes, do NOT have this excuse.

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      I don’t think they really existed yet in his era

      In 1294-1621 the election of the Pope used Approval voting. Venice also used it.

      Australia, a much younger country, invented the secret ballot

      The election of the Pope required secret ballot since 1621. And the concept existed since Ancient Greece and was used in elections and courts of Roman Republic.