In the 130s voting by ballot had been introduced in elections for choosing magistrates, passing laws and deciding legal cases, replacing the earlier system of oral voting.
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Many parties, however, have moved away from the delegated system of electing a leader to a One Member One Vote system in which all party members vote by ballot.
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The prime-time Emmys, run by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, use a system in which the academy's 11, 000 members vote by ballot to winnow categories to five nominees.
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He was Independent Radical M . P . for Glasgow from 1857 to 1874 speaking in favour of extending of the franchise, voting by ballot and a more equal distribution of electoral districts ..
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In 1838, Chartists issued the People's Charter demanding manhood suffrage, equal sized election districts, voting by ballots, payment of MPs ( so poor men could serve ), annual Parliaments, and abolition of property requirements.
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Originally taken from the American Constitutional System, these points included annual parliaments, universal suffrage, vote by ballot, abolition of property qualifications for membership in the House of Commons, payment of members, and equal electoral districts.
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Laws to repress bribery were made while the voting was open; and they continued to be made after the vote by ballot was introduced at the popular elections by the Lex Gabinia ( 139 BC ).
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The constitution says " electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for President and Vice-President, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves ."
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The 12th Amendment to the Constitution says the presidential electors shall " vote by ballot for president and vice president, one of whom, at least, shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves ."
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In 1838, Chartists issued the People's Charter demanding manhood suffrage, equal sized election districts, voting by ballots, payment of Members of Parliament ( so that poor men could serve ), annual Parliaments, and abolition of property requirements.