[Jezebelle]

WHO in the hell created this ballot? Wait, don't tell me. Let me guess.

What could possibly be the reason for instruction D? Why would they require a voter to fill in an oval for somebody they DO NOT intend to vote for in order to make their vote valid for the person they intend to vote for?

[Locomotive Breath]

I didn't read the instructions. Duh!

This is actually better than I thought. If someone votes a straight DEM ticket but also votes Cheek, it does not invalidate the ballot and the vote will go to Cheek.

I read instruction D differently than you do and it doesn't actually apply to this ballot. The key is "multi-seat race". Notice on this ballot that you can only vote for one person in each race.

There are races where you can vote for multiple people - city council, etc. I think what this is saying is that if you vote a straight DEM ticket but in the multi-seat race vote for a REP then you must also mark the DEMs you want too or you would have voted for the REP only.