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Executive. Not only does the long ballot* make it extreme-
ly difficult for the governor to develop, propose, and carrv
out coordinated policies and programs; it also adds to the
burden of the voter in the voting booth and contributes
to the low visibility of State government which we all
deplore."
I am still quoting.
"From the point of view of intergovernmental
relations, moreover, the scattering of executive authority
among many separate elected officials places the governor
at a tremendous disadvantage in trying to keep informed
of and to coordinate the flow of Federal grants-in-aid into
the States.
"Here again, if we insist on the dilution of
gubernatorial power among a group of independently elected
officials, we place the Governor at a tremendous disadvantage
in dealing with the President of the United States on
questions of Federal-State relations. We do not insist
that the President share his executive powers, so why do
we insist on doing the same thing at the State level?
So I say to you, if you want weak State government, a good