On March 19, Australians come together to celebrate what may be one of the least appreciated aspects of our democracy.
That is, our ability to vote privately inside a polling station without having someone watch over our shoulders.
It was this day, 166 years ago in 1856, that the Victorian Parliament first legislated what has come to be known as the ‘secret ballot’.
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