Author Question: Why does the long ballot weaken the power of citizens to control the bureaucracy? a. Voters have ... (Read 134 times)

saliriagwu · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Why does the long ballot weaken the power of citizens to control the bureaucracy?

a. Voters have difficulty making good decisions because there are so many candidates on the ballot.
b. Incumbent officials are often reelected only because voters recognize their names.
c. The framers of the Texas Constitution intended to limit the public's ability to hold government accountable.
d. Voters have difficulty making good decisions because there are so many candidates on the ballot, incumbent officials are often reelected only because voters recognize their names, and the framers of the Texas Constitution intended to limit the public's ability to hold government accountable.
e. Voters have difficulty making good decisions because there are so many candidates on the ballot, and incumbent officials are often reelected only because voters recognize their names.

Question 2

Sunset reviews involve all of these except _____.

a. determining which agencies will be renewed, reorganized, or eliminated
b. examining the performance of state agencies
c. forcing agencies to modify procedures
d. occurring over a twelve-year period
e. appropriating the funding for an agency's budget