I just got my Sample Ballot, 1st position is Nader, 2nd Obama and McCain is 4th

[AlCzervik]

right below McCain is Mckinney. Cali folks if you didn't get it yet it should be there soon along with the 143 page voters guide.

Oh yeah, Alan Keyes is last.

[TheWraith]

1. Who's third? nt

[AlCzervik]

3. Barr.

[apnu]

2. Alan Keyes is running? Who knew?

What "party" put him up?

[AlCzervik]

5. American Independent.

[Bucky]

12. No shit, the old George Wallace racist party?

I guess it's an even trade. Move up one rung for no longer being racist.

Move down one rung for trading in George Wallace for God's Angry Babysitter.

[AlCzervik]

14. Yup, cue Clayton Bigsby.

[Hippo_Tron]

13. The historical irony of that is just downright hilarious

[Forkboy]

15. My brain just locked up.

Fucking Keyes....what a maroon.

[The Wielding Truth]

4. How do they decide the order?

[AlCzervik]

6. i have no idea but i thought it was funny McCain was 4th.

[The Wielding Truth]

18. I would like him to be a write in. Haha.

[abumbyanyothername]

8. CA uses several different forms of ballots

And mixes the orders then distributes randomly.

Note that OP is dealing with a sample ballot only.

We are awaiting our vote by mail ballots.

[The Wielding Truth]

17. Oh, okay. Thank you.

[Forkboy]

16. A Dungeon Master just makes it up.

We have one for each state, tucked away in little shacks and rarely used broom closets, and once every 4 years a piece of paper slides under the door and gets delivered to the Secretary of State, who then consults an Oracle, some tea leaves, a Ouija board, and a guy named Doug who runs the little market down the street.

You should have seen it before the reforms!

[PresidentObama]

7. My sample ballot in SWMO, McCain is first...Obama second.

[Blu Dahlia]

9. they mail you guys a 140+ page guide?!

[AlCzervik]

11. yup, governing by Prop, thanks Hiram Johnson!

[Scribe]

10. Ballot Order

Some States decide the order by lottery or chance. In NY State, the order is determined by the finish in the last Gubernatorial election. When Pataki was in office, the GOP was first on the ballot. After Spitzer's win in 2006, the Dems took the top ballot position. In addition, a political party must get 50,000 votes as a minimum to qualify for automatic ballot position. Otherwise, a difficult and costly statewide petition process is required to get on the ballot.

edited to correct date

[The Wielding Truth]

19. Thank you,Scribe. That is interesting.

[Parker CA]

20. I'm on the Peninsula in the Bay Area and mine is very different:

McCain
McKinney
Keyes
Nader
Obama
Barr

Garbage.