7. The short ballot. R. S. Childs, Short Ballot Principles, especially pp. 21-30; P. S. Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pp. 372-383.
8. Compulsory voting. Massachusetts Constitutional Convention, 1917-1918, Bulletins, No. 24 (Compulsory Voting).
9. Corrupt practices at elections. C. L. Jones, Readings on Parties and Elections, pp. 202-302.
10. Are elections as fairly conducted in the United States as in other countries? Charles Seymour and Donald O. Frary, How the World Votes (see index).
Questions
1. Is the right to vote a natural right or merely a privilege conferred by the state?
2. Who have the right to vote at elections in your state? Who are excluded? In order to vote, how long must one reside in your state? Your county? Your precinct?
3. Who enrolls voters in your community? When and where do they enroll voters? What evidence must you supply in order to be enrolled?
4. Make a diagram of a polling place showing its interior arrangement, the booths in which voters mark their ballots, the location of the ballot box, etc.
5. What are the different forms of primary and which form do you think is the best (a) for state nominations; (b) for local nominations?