In a perfect world, the ballot would then list three pairs of candidates.

The second ballot will list candidates running in the voter's district.

For each partisan position, the ballot would list all candidates, also without regard for party registration.

In counties where the ballots list the presidential candidates together, a certain number of ballots would be expected to have these double-vote combinations.

Since there would no longer be Democratic, Republican or any other party primaries, the ballot for both elections would simply list candidates.

If no candidate receives 75 percent, a second ballot lists the first ballot's top 10 vote-getters.

The ballot always lists "None of the Above."

The Democratic ballot, at least, listed the candidate each delegate was pledged to.

So how is it that the ballot lists one official Democratic candidate and no opposition?

A more structured ballot will list all the candidates and allow a mark or word to be made by each supported candidate.