Question

A characteristics of short ballot voting is _____.

only the names of the Presidential candidates would appear and other candidates would come on a second ballot
the candidates voted in at the upper levels probably have more understanding of who would serve the public best
except in national elections, the short ballot system is not Constitutional
only those officials who are elected are accountable to the public

Answer 1

The answer is B I’m pretty sure

Answer 2

The correct answer is B) the candidates voted in at the upper levels probably have more understanding of who would serve the public best.

A characteristic of short ballot voting is the candidates voted in at the upper levels probably have more understanding of who would serve the public best.

In order to simplify the election process, a short ballot is an election where the voter is going to vote only on the major candidates and legislative issues. This way people are prevented to vote for an office they don’t know. The electoral college in the U.S. has a short ballot to not confuse the voters when voting for the representant of their district.