[daviddennis]

That's why I said I might be too much of a nerd to really understand this. To me, the election system is pretty simple and I understood it from the first time it was explained to me. But I notice that many, many people have an exceptionally difficult time figuring it out.

Many people still don't understand clearly that there are two ballots and don't realize that Gray Davis can't be on the second, and the implications this has.

So you are probably right that the non-alphabetical ballot will be too confusing for many, and the conclusions you have taken from it are accurate, even in my view.

If what you say is true, we can prove it by counting the number of people who voted for or against the recall and compare it to the number who voted on the replacement candidate.

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[lepton]

To me, the election system is pretty simple and I understood it from the first time it was explained to me.

A ballot with 200+ names on it is going to be overwhelming. Punch-card ballots would seem to require multiple punches, and computer ballots would seem to require a menu screen once you get within the name section. Ick!