Method for a group such as a meeting or an electorate to make a decision or express an opinion

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Drs. Hermanus Schaepman and Abraham Kuyper, shown as witches, stoke the fire of a cauldron from which emanate devils; symbolising their struggle to institute suffrage, against prevailing resistance in the Dutch second chamber. Reproduction of a lithograph after Van Geldorp, 1901.

A country doctor enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

A country doctor out in his horse and trap, enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving, 1886.

The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior showing voters for the National Assembly. Wood engraving, 1871.

Biomedical Society Minute Book Ballot paper

American social patterns : studies of race relations, popular heroes, voting, union democracy, and government bureaucracy / selected and edited by William Petersen.

British public opinion : a guide to the history and techniques of political opinion polling / Robert M. Worcester.

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The Institut National des Sourds-Muets, Paris: interior showing voters for the National Assembly. Wood engraving, 1871.

A country doctor enquiring how a farm worker has voted. Wood engraving by C. Keene, 1880.

Biomedical Society Minute Book Ballot paper

American social patterns : studies of race relations, popular heroes, voting, union democracy, and government bureaucracy / selected and edited by William Petersen.

British public opinion : a guide to the history and techniques of political opinion polling / Robert M. Worcester.