What is Ballot box?
[[File:Wooden ballot box - Smithsonian.jpg|thumb|right| A wooden ballot box used circa 1870, now located at the [[w:National Museum of American History|National Museum of American History]] of the [[w:Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian Institution]]]] A '''ballot box''' is a sealed container for completed ballots, which prevents access to the ballots cast until the ballots are delivered to the official counting location. One goal of a ballot box is to keep each vote anonymous, by preventing tampering with ballots before the official tabulation. [[Category:Elections]] [[Category:Secrecy]] {{politics-stub}}