. Loyal citizenship. Congress or the state legisla-ture, you can make inquiries concerning his pastrecord; but you should be careful to hear from bothhis friends and his opponents so that you may not begoverned by biased information. In city elections youcan depend to some extent on published reports ofthe city government. In some states and citiesthere are good-government organizations which giveout information and make recommendations. Theseare of great assistance. The short-ballot movement. The very large num-ber of candidates makes it difficult to find out as Edimaiitm Candidates 97 much a
. Loyal citizenship. Congress or the state legisla-ture, you can make inquiries concerning his pastrecord; but you should be careful to hear from bothhis friends and his opponents so that you may not begoverned by biased information. In city elections youcan depend to some extent on published reports ofthe city government. In some states and citiesthere are good-government organizations which giveout information and make recommendations. Theseare of great assistance. The short-ballot movement. The very large num-ber of candidates makes it difficult to find out as Edimaiitm Candidates 97 much as wp should al)()iit iIkiii. Tlicn are usuallyseveral candidates for each ofhce, and liiere are manyoffices to be filled by election. Not only are theimportant offices elective, as the offices of President,governor, or members of Confjress. in filling Avhichthe people are deeply interested. l)ul a ^real nurnbrrof lesser offices, about which peojjle ordinarily jjivethemselves Httle concern, are elective. // Uir higher. KiG. 49. This ballot from ;» Middle \\ cslcrii six party columns and an additional coluiMnfor independent voting. It requires the electorsdecision on filling .Vl oHices, from United StatesPresident to township assessor. 98 Loyal CitizenshipBALLOT PAPER 1 NETTLEFOLD. (John Sutton Nettlefold, Winter-bourn, Edgbaston Park Road,Edgbaston, Gentleman.) 2 TUNBRIDGE. (William Stephen Tunbridge, Rocklands, Woodbourne Road, Edgbaston, Solicitor.) Fig. 50. The official ballot used in an English city election. Theelector was required to choose a person to fill a single office, councilorfrom his ward. He had the opportunity of making an intelligentchoice. officials only were elected, and if these officials appointedmen to the minor positions, the ballot would be muchshorter and the citizen could mark it far more intelli-gently. Such different men as Woodrow Wilson,William H. Taft, and Theodore Roosevelt, haveurged the necessity of making the voters task easierby mak
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