ballot issues
type: Concept
definition: THE FACT THAT the responsibility for designing, printing, and counting election ballots is delegated to thousands of state and local governmental units contributes to an electoral system with a wide-ranging assortment of ballots and their concomitant ballot issues. Getting on the Ballot Until the end of the 19th century, getting a candidate's name on the ballot was not a difficult task because there were virtually no restrictions on ballot access in the United States. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Ballot Issues]
broader: ballot issue campaigns

ballot issue campaigns
type: Concept
narrower: ballot issues

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member: ballot issues