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NC Voting - Placement of presidential candidates on the ballot (anecdotal)
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:33 am
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:33 am
Short story, I went and voted MAGA this week in NC.
Strange thing was, the candidate list that was displayed to me had Harris as the first option, and I figured Trump would be the second option right next to her.
However, Trump was on the 3rd row, and he was the second option, and I had to work harder/be more careful to pick him.
Idk if the order is ‘random’ or what, but I can totally see people making more mistakes trying to pick Trump as opposed to Kamala if this was the official ballot order.
Wondering if anyone else in NC or any other swing states had the same issue. Something to look out for
Strange thing was, the candidate list that was displayed to me had Harris as the first option, and I figured Trump would be the second option right next to her.
However, Trump was on the 3rd row, and he was the second option, and I had to work harder/be more careful to pick him.
Idk if the order is ‘random’ or what, but I can totally see people making more mistakes trying to pick Trump as opposed to Kamala if this was the official ballot order.
Wondering if anyone else in NC or any other swing states had the same issue. Something to look out for
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Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:37 am to jevins_slickin
Alphabetical order
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:38 am to jevins_slickin
Trump, along with all republicans were on the top of the ballot here in Texas. 
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:39 am to jevins_slickin
It's candidate-alphabetical in NC. I've seen some states do party-alphabetical and some with GOP/Dem topline (alphabetized) then minor parties.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:39 am to jevins_slickin
I think most states pick a random order for party and that is how they are listed.
Some have Republican ticket higher and Democratic ticket lower and vice versa.
Some have Republican ticket higher and Democratic ticket lower and vice versa.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:46 am to zadams_318
In Texas, here is how ballot order is determined.
Austin, TX KVUE News (ABC)
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That's because the Texas Election Code states, "Parties ... shall be arranged in descending order of the number of votes received statewide by each party's candidate for governor in the most recent gubernatorial race."
In 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott won the election over Beto O'Rourke by about 880,000 votes statewide. That's why Republicans get listed first on ballots, regardless of county.
So if that's how partisan elections work, what about nonpartisan ones, like the races for mayor or city council? The Election Code states that the authority over those races – like the city or the county – will do a public drawing to determine the order.
In Austin, the city holds a ballot drawing process, where candidates' names are written on ping pong balls and picked out of a spinner, bingo-style. A lot of Texas cities use a similar format to decide how names should appear for nonpartisan races.
Austin, TX KVUE News (ABC)
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:47 am to jevins_slickin
In Houston it was Trump then Harris.
Posted on 10/25/24 at 8:50 am to SPEEDY
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Alphabetical order
Not here. DJT was listed first here. Now that I think about it, all GOPers were listed first. This in TX.
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