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Election Reform

TheRealNorth

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2. Does ballot order really make a difference for the major offices?

Reply to Gothmog (Original post)

Fri Nov 15, 2019, 03:31 PM

Nov 2019

I understand why some people may default to choosing the first person listed for local judges or school boards.

If I don't know, I usually will vote for the incumbent ( if I think things are okay) or just leave it blank.

For the last local school board election, I had no idea (and I tried to find if the Teacher's union had a list of endorsed candidates).

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A federal court just threw out FL's ballot order law that lists candidates of the Gov's party first [View all] Gothmog Nov 2019 OP

Great. I didn't even know this forum existed. Thanks. mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2019 #1

Does ballot order really make a difference for the major offices? TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #2

Yes ballot order makes a difference Gothmog Nov 2019 #3

Thank you TheRealNorth Nov 2019 #4

In Texas we draw names out of a hat to determine ballot order Gothmog Nov 2019 #6

In Bexar County Republicans are ALWAYS first LeftInTX Nov 2019 #7

In Texas, it's the same as Florida LeftInTX Nov 2019 #8

Democrats won a significant victory on Friday when a court ruled that Florida can't automatically pl Gothmog Nov 2019 #5