Should “-inc” be removed from the incumbents on the ballots? (user search)
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TiltsAreUnderrated
Junior Chimp
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« on: November 21, 2020, 01:04:57 PM »

Everything should be removed from ballots except for the position. You should then have to write in the candidate's name.

Issues with what happens when people misspell the names

Under this system, the brevity and spelling of a candidate's name could start to matter a lot more. Pete Buttigieg, for instance, would have been in even more jeopardy.
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TiltsAreUnderrated
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2020, 03:19:27 PM »

Everything should be removed from ballots except for the position. You should then have to write in the candidate's name.

Issues with what happens when people misspell the names
Under this system, the brevity and spelling of a candidate's name could start to matter a lot more. Pete Buttigieg, for instance, would have been in even more jeopardy.
To be fair, how could you be planning on voting for Pete Buttigieg, but not familiar enough with him to remember how to spell his name?

By hearing about him on TV but not reading the news.

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