Blue tickets have been used for several purposes. * Blue discharge, a form of administrative military discharge formerly issued by the United States from 1916 to 1947. * Contributors at Eton Montem were sold blue tickets as a proof that they had contributed. * In Hungarian elections during the 1940s, voters could obtain blue tickets that allowed them to cast their vote outside of their home electoral district. During the 1949 elections, the Hungarian Communist Party used forged blue tickets to commit large-scale electoral fraud. * Contestants on Canadian Idol needed to obtain a blue ticket to advance in the competition.
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