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TIL that in 1968, Liechtenstein held a referendum on women's suffrage where both men and women were allowed to vote. Despite this, the No-side won with 56.3% of the total and 49.5% of the women vote (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 10 months ago by garfaagel to c/[email protected]
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Women's suffrage would not be introduced in Liechtenstein until 1984.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Secret ballot is not a prerequisite for a democratic process.

What? Of course it is. Hence: "The secret ballot became commonplace for individual citizens in liberal democracies worldwide by the late 20th century.".

The UK has numbered ballots

secret != anonymous ... OPs argument mainly dismissed confidentiality.

But we don't claim their voting process is undemocratic.

we certainly would if no one checked the number of people simultaniously using a voting booth.

I never assumed this.

Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. I meant OPs argument.