Reimer calls for random, not alphabetized, ballot lists of candidates
Of all the things, it’s often the “ABCD bias” that gets debated after many a municipal election.
Do last names beginning with the first few letters of the alphabet have an edge? Could it be that an Aaron Appleby has an unfair advantage over a Zack Zenin because voters are more apt to pick from the top of an alphabetized list?
Along with others, Vancouver city Coun. Andrea Reimer thinks the answer is yes.
And now that she isn’t running in the next election and can’t
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