WOODEN BLACKBALL BALLOT BOX I.O.O.F. ODD FELLOWS S. ROYALTON LODGE 74 VERMONT

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Photographs throughout Ad:Offered for auction from a recent estate sale which included items from the I.O.O.F Lodge 74 in South Royalton, Vermont of which this item is one of those Rare items which is described belowORIGINAL I.O.O.F. WOODEN BLACKBALL BALLOT BOX WITH BOTH BLACK & WHITE MARBLES - (INCLUDING SQUARE PIECES) FROM SOUTH ROYALSTON "INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOW'AS LODGE 74 VERMONTThe South Royalton, Vermont Lodge 74 opened in 1896. This early Blackball wooden ballot box was most likely purchased after that time period. The ballot box does not have a maker's trademark. The Ballot box is completely functional as photos show. Both doors open. The finish appears to be original as photo shows. Over 130 marbles are present, 101 white,22 black and 12 Square. The Ballot box is complete and untouched as found, not cleaned or polished or re-finished. The Blackball Box exhibits a few nips and dings as would be expected for an item mostly over 100 years old made out of wood. The right font corner and left rear corner of the base plate has been chipped of as photos may show.The total length from handle to end of ballot box is 15 inches. The top length is 9 3/8 inches, width 6 3/8 inches. The height of the box is 3 3/4 inches. Photos have been taken in direct sunlight and indoors with different backgrounds to show this Wonderful Scarce I.O.O.F. BLACKBALL BALLOT BOX.Below I have added additional pictures and information on the I.O.O.F BLACKBALL BALLOT BOX and the I.O.O.F "INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS" >Blackballing:Blackballing is a rejection in a traditional form of secret ballot, where a white ball or ballot constitutes a vote in support and a black ball signifies opposition. The system is typically used where an organization's rules provide that one or two objections, rather than an at-least-50% share of votes, are sufficient to defeat a proposition. Since the seventeenth century, these rules have commonly applied to elections to membership of many gentlemen's clubs and similar institutions such as Masonic lodges and fraternities.A large supply of black and white balls is provided for voters. Each voter audibly casts a single ball into the ballot box under cover of the box, or of a combination of a cloth and the box itself, so that observers can see who votes but not how they are voting. When all voting is complete, the box is opened and the balls displayed: all present can immediately see the result, without any means of knowing which members are objecting.The principle of such election rules in a club is that it is self-perpetuating to preserve the current ethos (and exclusivity) of the club, by ensuring that candidates are congenial to (almost) all the existing members; i.e., new members are elected by unanimous or near-unanimous agreement of voting members. A difference of opinions could be divisive, so that an election must be taken secretly as well as correctly.The number of votes in support is often irrelevant, except to prove a quorum. Whilst in many such cases even a single black ball will be fatal to the candidate's election, rules in larger clubs ensure that a single member cannot exercise a veto to the detriment of the future of the club. For example, two black balls are required to exclude; a limited category or committee of members vote, rather than all members; or in the event of a blackball, the election may be repeated immediately to ensure that there is no mistake, or after a fixed period to allow further information or opinions to be discussed discreetly. A variant sometimes used is that all incoming candidates are voted on as a group; if the group as a whole is blackballed, then each member must be voted on individually.In some Masons' lodges, a black cube is used instead of a black ball so that a black ball can be differentiated from a dirty white ball, as the lighting in the meeting hall is very dim during voting.History of the Odd Fellows (IOOF)The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political and non-sectarian international fra... read more

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