Curious about two things related to the recent colloquy regarding
self-identification by posters to LincolnTalk:
1. Can someone provide the background for Lincoln’s current system of having
certain important matters voted on both in live Town Meetings (which sometimes
involve self-identification by a show of hands) and also by written ballot in
the privacy of the voting booth?
Wikipedia points out that, with respect to the election of government officials
by secret ballot, "Massachusetts <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts>
adopted the first state-wide Australian ballot, written by reformer Richard
Henry Dana III <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Henry_Dana_III>, in 1888.
Consequently, it is also known as the "Massachusetts ballot”.
Curious when and how voting by secret ballot was extended over the years as a
supplement to live voting at Town Meeting on policy questions as distinct from
the election of officials.
2. Also curious about why the IDEA Community Survey now being circulated allows
participants to opt out of disclosing personal things like their ethnicity and
gender but requires disclosure of their personal income level
No agenda in either case, just curious.
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