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So no secret ballot any more. Vote buying, vote coercion, vote bullying is the new normal.

Old normal is more like it. The secret ballot was imported from Australia and was called the Australian ballot. The easiest voting was people lining up in opposite corners of a bar and being counted. Everyone knew how you had voted, including the guy who gave you a shot of whisky to vote for him.

Later ballot boxes were used, but they had glass sides so that everyone could see which party you voted for—the different parties used different colored ballots. This again was to ensure honesty on the part of the voter. If you drink my liquor you better vote for me!

So in a sense, the dems are being old school here, if we feed you, house you, and give you phones and internet, by God you will vote for us!