Monday, October 25, 2010

Ballot instructions don't matter.

Posted on Hasen's ElectionLaw Blog... The instructions on ballots for the upcoming New York Governor's race have incorrect instructions:

In what appears to be yet another "royal screwup," the city Board of Elections printed a sample ballot that instructs voters to fill the "oval above" a candidate's name.
The correct oval is actually below each candidate's name.


Although it appears to be too late to fix the ballots, it apparently probably doesn't matter:
Neal Rosenstein, voting coordinator for the New York Public Interest Research Group, said the error won't have a large impact on voters because most don't even read the instructions.
Italics are mine.


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