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Secretary proposes using campaign finance filings to set ballot names; committee discusses randomizing alphabetization
Summary
The Secretary of State's office told the committee it wants candidate names on ballots to come from how candidates register in the campaign finance system (matching the consent form) to reduce inconsistencies and clerical errors; senators asked about alphabetization fairness and whether a randomized order or lottery could be implemented.
Secretary of State staff told the Senate committee they plan to use the candidate name as entered and attested in the campaign finance system as the authoritative name for ballot printing, and they asked the committee to make that linkage explicit in statute.
Deputy Secretary Lauren Hibbert said the proposal is to have candidates enter the name they want shown on the ballot into the campaign finance…
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