NY: How To Turn Off Voters [NY Times]

NY: How To Turn Off Voters [NY Times]

In New York State, and especially in New York City, voting is a difficult and frustrating task. That may help explain why in the last three elections, New York ranked 47th out of the 50 states and the District of Columbia in average voter turnout — a miserable record. --->>>

No. 1 candidate on ballot gets five-point election edge: Study

No. 1 candidate on ballot gets five-point election edge: Study:

"Researchers found the person listed first on a ballot was 4.8 points likelier to win his or her seat than predicted by chance (the number of winners listed in first position were calculated and compared to the number statistically expected to win in that position)."

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Seatlle, WA: Clear-ballot Reform Signed Into Law

Clear-ballot Reform Signed Into Law
The Seattle Medium

OLYMPIA — A confusing ballot design that may have caused more than 40,000 King County voters to fail to vote on a Tim Eyman initiative last fall won’t be used in Washington State again.

Rep. Scott White’s proposal (HB 2496) to require a clear delineation between where ballot instructions end and voting begins was signed into law today by Gov. Chris Gregoire after passing the House and Senate unanimously.

''Many people warned even before the election that King County voters could overlook Initiative 1033 because of how it was tucked indistinctly beneath the voting instructions on the bottom left side of the ballot,” said White (D-Seattle). “As it turned out, more than 41,000 voters who cast ballots in King County failed to register a vote on the Eyman initiative. You could argue that these voters were essentially disenfranchised by bad ballot design.”

Philippines: Comelec makes last-minute changes on ballot design - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs

Comelec makes last-minute changes on ballot design - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News:

Just a few days before the printing of the official ballots begin, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said that they have decided to change the layout of the ballots to make it shorter.

In an interview with reporters, Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the Comelec en banc has approved a proposal to group the names of the candidates in the ballot by position horizontally, instead of listing them vertically as earlier recommended.

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2.5-foot ballot seen with 144 partylist groups in polls - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

2.5-foot ballot seen with 144 partylist groups in polls - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos:

The ballot to be used in the country’s first automated polls in May could reach as long as 2.5 feet and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is hard pressed to make it shorter. ...