20. The short ballot. (Childs, Short Ballot Principles; Massachusetts Constitutional Convention Bulletins, 1917.)
21. What proportion of qualified voters actually use the ballot? (Hart, Practical Essays on American Government, No. 2.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
22. The desirability of extending the Direct Primary in your state.
23. The closed versus the open primary.
24. Advantages and disadvantages of nomination by petition.
25. Advantages and disadvantages of holding local, state and National elections at different times.
CHAPTER XXXVI
HONESTY AND EFFICIENCY IN OFFICE
451. MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM.—How can we insure the honest and efficient administration of American government? Civic education and the perfection of nomination and election devices will do much toward securing this end, but there remains a troublesome question. This has to do with reorganizing our legislative and administrative machinery, so that public officials may be allowed or encouraged to perform their duties in a responsible and effective manner.