Donald Trump the road that might not lead to the White House - Redux 2024 thread.

[two sheds]

wouldn't pre-filling someone's card for them be considered as election interference?

you would think so

 

[magneze]

Apparently the order of candidates is chosen by a lottery-style drawing of letters under a system that has been in place for almost 50 years, so Trump supporters can't really claim "election interference" here - if alphabetical order made a real difference you'd probably see a lot more fringe candidates with names like Aaron Aardman. The order of letters is also rotated by district so the candidates aren't in the same order on ballots across the state.

On the 82nd day before an election, the Secretary of State conducts a randomized drawing of letters of the alphabet pursuant to California Elections Code section 13112. The resulting order of letters constitutes the "randomized alphabet" to be used for determining the order of candidates' names on the ballot.

This procedure was established by legislation passed in 1975 in response to court rulings declaring that standard alphabetical order or incumbent-first was unconstitutional.

Randomized Alphabet :: California Secretary of State

Find out more about the "randomized alphabet" used for determining the order of candidates' names on the ballot here.

www.sos.ca.gov

I'm not arguing about the ordering of candidates, simply wondering why they can't all be on one screen.

Additionally, it's fairly unclear whether someone should press Next or More. I actually entirely missed the "More", assuming that "Next" would take me to the next set of candidates.

It's terrible design.

 

[Yossarian]

I'm not arguing about the ordering of candidates, simply wondering why they can't all be on one screen.

Additionally, it's fairly unclear whether someone should press Next or More. I actually entirely missed the "More", assuming that "Next" would take me to the next set of candidates.

It's terrible design.

Yeah, guess they could do a lot better, though it looks like there'd be little chance of anybody voting for the wrong candidate by mistake, so it doesn't get a place in the Ballot Hall of Shame

 

[Wilf]

The resulting order of letters constitutes the "randomized alphabet" to be used for determining the order

Haven't got me reading specs on and misread that as 'sodomized alphabet'. Anyway, as you were.

 

[two sheds]

Apparently the order of candidates is chosen by a lottery-style drawing of letters under a system that has been in place for almost 50 years, so Trump supporters can't really claim "election interference" here - if alphabetical order made a real difference you'd probably see a lot more fringe candidates with names like Aaron Aardman. The order of letters is also rotated by district so the candidates aren't in the same order on ballots across the state.

On the 82nd day before an election, the Secretary of State conducts a randomized drawing of letters of the alphabet pursuant to California Elections Code section 13112. The resulting order of letters constitutes the "randomized alphabet" to be used for determining the order of candidates' names on the ballot.

This procedure was established by legislation passed in 1975 in response to court rulings declaring that standard alphabetical order or incumbent-first was unconstitutional.

Randomized Alphabet :: California Secretary of State

Find out more about the "randomized alphabet" used for determining the order of candidates' names on the ballot here.

www.sos.ca.gov

those California ones are in alphabetical order though.

 

[Yossarian]

those California ones are in alphabetical order though.

Yeah, even under a system specifically designed to mix things up so things aren't always in alphabetical order, things will still end up in alphabetical order sometimes - this is what paper ballots in LA County look like this year, there don't seem to be many Harris supporters complaining about it