Ballot order in CA Recall Election
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/statewide_special_random_alpha.htm
October 7, 2003 Statewide Special Election
Results of Randomized Alphabet Drawing
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The results of the Secretary of State’s random drawing of letters of the
alphabet for the October 7, 2003 Statewide Special Election are listed
below. The resulting order of letters constitutes the alphabet to be
used for determining the order of candidates’ names on the upcoming
statewide ballot; it applies throughout the name, not just for the first
letter so that Randolph would precede Riddle.
Names of candidates for offices voted on statewide rotate by Assembly
district, starting with Assembly District 1 where the names appear as
first determined by the random alphabet. In Assembly District 2, the
candidate who appeared first in Assembly District 1 drops to the bottom
and the other candidates move up one position and so on throughout the
80 districts.
This procedure was established by legislation passed in 1975 in response
to court rulings declaring that standard alphabetical order or
incumbent-first was unconstitutional since there is a 5% positional bias
among undecided voters.
1. R
2. W
3. Q
4. O
5. J
6. M (mcclintock)
7. V
8. A
9. H (huffington)
10. B (bustamante)
11. S (schwartzeneggar, simon)
12. G
13. Z
14. X
15. N
16. T
17. C (camejo, coleman)
18. I
19. E
20. K
21. U (ueberroth)
22. P
23. D
24. Y
25. F (flynt)
26. L