On April 14, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear Schaefer v Lamone, no. 07-1143. The case challenged Maryland’s law that uses alphabetical order of candidates’ names, to determine the order of candidates on primary ballots. The plaintiff had argued in favor of either rotation of names, or a random procedure for deciding the order of names on the ballot.
Half the ballots A to Z.
Half the ballots Z to A.
Way too difficult for EVIL regimes to understand.
What is the ratio of A/Z last name winners since 1776 ???
Any Aardvarks running to be Prez ?
Doug Anderson, one of the first Libertarians to be elected to office (Denver Elections Commission in the 1980’s) and recently elected to city council in Lakewood, a suburb west of central Denver, told me he thought he was first elected because his last name came first alphabetically (I think it was a non-partisan election).
Mr. Zbignefski better hope his only opponent is Carl Zwalinski.
#3 Good luck to Joe Zymurgy [chemistry dealing with fermentation — wine, beer, etc.]