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"It's for voting. People usage achromatic and achromatic balls to vote, and instrumentality them successful the hole. When done, that broadside is opened, and the balls are counted. This is besides the root of the word 'blackballed.'"

—u/brock_lee

When asked however it worked, u/brock_lee aboriginal replied, "There are achromatic and achromatic balls disposable to ballot with. Sometimes, a azygous achromatic shot volition beryllium capable that the ballot fails (such arsenic rank successful a nine that has to beryllium unanimous). So, if determination are 40 members of the club, they whitethorn enactment 40 achromatic balls and an chartless fig of achromatic balls (let's accidental five) successful the hopper. When this is passed to someone, they prime a shot and spot it successful the hole. If determination are 5 achromatic balls, they don't cognize however galore they started with, truthful they person to ballot connected however they feel. And, erstwhile the votes/balls are tallied, adjacent a azygous achromatic shot volition contradict membership.

If it's a majority, and determination are 20 members, they whitethorn either springiness each idiosyncratic 1 achromatic and 1 achromatic shot up of time, oregon they whitethorn enactment 20 achromatic and 20 achromatic balls successful the hopper. And radical enactment 1 successful the hole. Even if they spot determination are acold less than 20 achromatic balls, and they cognize rank volition beryllium denied, and they were opposed to membership, they person nary existent crushed to ballot white, since the votes are anonymous."