Marbles Used For Voting

It turns out that it will be the last time the west african country employs its unique voting method of using marbles.

Marbles used for voting.

The elections commission chief alieu momar njai said gambia will switch to. The glass marbles represent ballot papers and there are no ballot boxes but ballot drums. Voting with marbles the marble in drum voting system was first introduced in the run up to the 1960 general elections the first time ballots of any kind had been used in the country. Wooden ballot box with marbles the term ballot is derived from the italian ballotta meaning little ball this ballot box was not used in a u s.

It was used by members of the association of the oldest inhabitants of washington d c a social club. Each person was given a random number of black and. A black marbles signified nay a negative vote. Ron johnson said november s election is for all the marbles with the republican majority in the senate and the future makeup of the supreme court at stake.

So they used a blackball box instead of paper ballots. The upcoming film selma focuses on mlk and protests leading up to the voting rights act of 1965 and the struggles many african americans endured on their way to the polls including being. Describes a number of white and black marbles popularly used for voting at board meeting social clubs and professional society meetings. When marbles stop moving the voter deposits their second voting marble into the opening marked with their second choice.

In earlier years ballot marbles were made of glass. One set of voting marbles of a larger size are used for the voting. Just one no vote could defeat a project. Dropping a white marble yes or a black marble no gave everyone a turn to secretly vote for admission into a club.

A white marble signifies yea a positive or affirmative vote. Many decisions had to be almost unanimous. As glass became more expensive crockery or bennington style marbles took their place.