History
In ancient Greece, citizens used pieces of broken pottery to scratch in the name of the candidate in the procedures of ostracism.
The first use of paper ballots to conduct an election appears to have been in Rome in 139 BC.
In Ancient India, around 920 AD, in Tamil Nadu, Palm leaves were used for village assembly elections. The palm leaves with candidate names, will be put inside a mud pot, for counting. This was called Kudavolai system.
The first use of paper ballots in North America was in 1629 within the Massachusetts Bay Colony to select a pastor for the Salem Church.
In the United States initially paper ballots were pieces of paper marked and supplied by voters.
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