Section 03 · 3 entries
The Ballot
The paper itself.
The paper itself is a designed object, and its design has measurable consequences. Three entries: the nineteenth-century invention of the screened booth and the official paper, what layout and instruction wording do to the spoil rate, and the small repeatable advantage of being printed first.
Every entry in The Ballot
Each one is a single rule and what it demonstrably does, with the country and the period named.
- 3.1The secret ballotA nineteenth-century invention with a specific purpose: an official paper, a screened booth, and the end of a public show of hands.
- 3.2Ballot designLayout, column breaks and instruction wording measurably changing how many papers are spoiled or misread.
- 3.3Order effectsPosition on the paper carries a small but repeatable advantage, and the remedies used against it.
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