[Rabid Dog]

I understand that some idiots would vote by whatever was closest to the top of the list, but most people are going to want to vote for their favorite candidate. So now everyone has to spend time searching for the name.

[heleny]

So now everyone has to spend time searching for the name.

Yes. So, reading the sample ballot this time will be more helpful than ever.

I still wonder how they're going to manage nearly 200 candidates. The Ventura County ballots only had about 50 holes per two-sided punch card.

If they had a page that assigned a number (000-999) for each candidate, and we simply voted for a number, we would only need 30 holes for question #2. If we limited the numbers to consecutive numbers 001-195, we would only need 23 holes. But, I'm sure there's a law against conducting elections that way.

[heleny]

most people are going to want to vote for their favorite candidate. So now everyone has to spend time searching for the name.

Maybe it would be helpful if polling places maintained a separate alphabetical list where voters could find their favorite candidate and a ranking, 1-195, that indicated about how far down the ballot the voter could find the candidate name.