Random draw determines order on Vancouver's election ballot

When Vancouver voters head to the polls Oct. 20, the first name they will see on the list of candidates for mayor will be Jason Lamarche, following a draw Friday at city hall to randomize this election’s ballot.
All 158 candidates’ names were pulled from a squeaky red raffle drum in council chambers, where at least a dozen of those who are running came to watch, in person, how luck would rank their names on the ballot.
Each name was written on a piece of paper, folded, and then drawn