英语词汇“short ballot”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

short ballot n. U.S. a ballot in which only the more important offices are held up for election, the minor offices being filled by appointment; spec. (see quot. 1940); also, a form for such a ballot; also attributive.

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society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > for important offices only

short ballot1909

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > for important offices only > type of

short ballot1909

1909 R. S. Childs in Outlook 17 July 638/2 On such a short ballot basis the entry of our best men into public life becomes possible.

1914 A. C. McLaughlin & A. B. Hart Cycl. Amer. Govt. I. 104/2 A short ballot is any voting paper which requires the selection of only a few important candidates.

1940 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. Oct. 955 The term ‘presidential short ballot’ is applied to the ballot form in which the names of candidates for presidential electors are omitted, and only the names of the candidates for president and vice-president appear.

1952 R. Rienow Introd. to Govt. iv. xix. 362 A suggested reform would limit the offices upon which people vote to those which..have a broad policy-making function. The plan is called the short ballot.

1968 Economist 27 July 33/3 As for the electors themselves, they could scarcely be more anonymous. In fact, thirty-five states have abandoned any attempt to tell the voters who they are. Instead these states only use what is called ‘the short ballot’.

单词	short ballot
释义	> as lemmas short ballot short ballot n. U.S. a ballot in which only the more important offices are held up for election, the minor offices being filled by appointment; spec. (see quot. 1940); also, a form for such a ballot; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > for important offices only short ballot1909 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > [noun] > for important offices only > type of short ballot1909 1909 R. S. Childs in Outlook 17 July 638/2 On such a short ballot basis the entry of our best men into public life becomes possible. 1914 A. C. McLaughlin & A. B. Hart Cycl. Amer. Govt. I. 104/2 A short ballot is any voting paper which requires the selection of only a few important candidates. 1940 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. Oct. 955 The term ‘presidential short ballot’ is applied to the ballot form in which the names of candidates for presidential electors are omitted, and only the names of the candidates for president and vice-president appear. 1952 R. Rienow Introd. to Govt. iv. xix. 362 A suggested reform would limit the offices upon which people vote to those which..have a broad policy-making function. The plan is called the short ballot. 1968 Economist 27 July 33/3 As for the electors themselves, they could scarcely be more anonymous. In fact, thirty-five states have abandoned any attempt to tell the voters who they are. Instead these states only use what is called ‘the short ballot’. extracted from shortadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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