London School Board
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The School Board for London, commonly known as the London School Board (LSB), was an institution of local government and the first directly elected body covering the whole of London.
School Board for London's Plaque on White Lion Street School, Islington, now New River College
Board Schools, Hanover Street (1879)
The board in session (c 1895)
Sigdon Road School (1898), Hackney, now Brook Community Primary School
Secret ballot
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The secret ballot, also known as the Australian ballot, is a voting method in which a voter's identity in an election or a referendum is anonymous. This forestalls attempts to influence the voter by intimidation, blackmailing, and potential vote buying. This system is one means of achieving the goal of political privacy.
Luis Guillermo Solís, then-President of Costa Rica, votes behind a privacy screen which says "The VOTE is SECRET".
The Polling by William Hogarth (1755). Before the secret ballot was introduced, voter intimidation was commonplace.
A British "how to vote" card from 1880
New York polling place c. 1900, showing voting booths on the left