Chronology of Introduction
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| Date | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1795 (August 22) | France | |
| 1849 | Netherlands | |
| 1853 | Colombia | |
| 1856 (February 7) | Australia (Tasmania) | The other Australian states of Victoria (March 19, 1856), South Australia (April 2, 1856), New South Wales (1858), Queensland (1859), and Western Australia (1877) followed. |
| 1861 | Italy | |
| 1861 | Ecuador | |
| 1866 | Sweden | Voter chooses party-specific ballot in the open, limiting the secrecy. There is, however, the possibility to choose a blank ballot on which you can choose any party in complete secrecy. |
| 1870 | New Zealand | |
| 1872 | United Kingdom | In the UK this was passed by the Ballot Act 1872, but is no longer the case by virtue of Schedule 1 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, as mentioned above. |
| 1872 | Switzerland | |
| 1874 | Canada | |
| 1877 | Belgium | |
| 1885 | Norway | |
| 1891 | United States of America | Massachusetts was the first state to hold a secret ballot, in 1888, and Kentucky was the last to do so, in 1891. |
| 1901 | Denmark | In connection with The Shift of Government (Danish: Systemskiftet) |
| 1906 | Russia | |
| 1907 | Austria | |
| 1907 | Finland | |
| 1912 | Argentina | |
| 1918 | Poland | |
| 1918 | Uruguay | |
| 1919 | Romania | |
| 1925 | Costa Rica | |
| 1931 | Peru | |
| 1932 | Brazil | |
| 1946 | Venezuela | |
| 1947 | Hungary | |
| 1950 | Turkey | |
| 1950 | El Salvador |
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