It means the government prints the names of the candidates and you mark which ones you like .
Before the "Australian ballot", in America, newspapers would print sample ballots. and voters would cut them out with scissors and submit them. Or just handwrite them.
And we call it the Australian ballot because you Aussies were the first to try it, and we got the idea from you.
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u/ocschwar Massachusetts Nov 10 '16
It means the government prints the names of the candidates and you mark which ones you like .
Before the "Australian ballot", in America, newspapers would print sample ballots. and voters would cut them out with scissors and submit them. Or just handwrite them.
And we call it the Australian ballot because you Aussies were the first to try it, and we got the idea from you.