Ballot Reform Essential to Free and Equal Elections: A Paper Read Before the Pennsylvania Civil Service Reform Association and the Philadelphia Social Science Association, March 1, 1889, by Charles Chauncey Binney
Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Civil Service Reform Association, 1889. Paperback. 43 p.; 24 cm. Salmon wrapper printed in black. Charles Chauncey Binney (1855-1913) was a lawyer in Philadelphia and the author of a biography of his grandfather Horace Binney (1780-1875). He also wrote a number of articles about voting in Pennsylvania. In the 1880s a movement began in the United States to change from the traditional public ballot to the Australian or secret ballot. Binney discusses the need for a secret ballot in Pennsylvania, which passed a ballot reform bill in 1891. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is detached and largely separated; light creasing at wrapper edges and minor loss at corners; pages are clean and solid. Very Good -. Item #008945
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