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short ballot
noun
- a ballot containing only candidates for the most important legislative and executive posts, leaving judicial and lesser administrative posts to be filled by appointment.
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Origin of short ballot1
First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences
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In August 2022, unaffiliated voters still could get a short ballot with only the abortion question.
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The short ballot of primary runoff elections Tuesday included a big race to determine Texas’ Democratic nominee for U.S.
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The June date and short ballot attracted few voters.
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In it Roosevelt advocated, among other reforms such as the short ballot and the initiative and referendum, the recall of judicial decisions.
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It was a straight political fight, with only two names on the short ballot and no side issues.
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