Los Angeles County adopted in March 2002 the ballot design in order to reduce election costs. This ballot used by nonpartisan voters generated tens of thousands uncounted votes in three elections between 2002 and 2006. However, for the February 5 presidential primary, an advocacy group named Courage Campaign decided to fix this issue. A day before the election, this organization warned County registrar-recorder about the defect of the ballot design. In addition, the ballot design constitutes a violation of a state law because it required additional step not required of others. However, a survey conducted after the February 5 presidential primary revealed that around 50,000 nonpartisan votes were not counted. This might adversely affect Senator Barack Obama than Senator Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.
Link: www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-vote18feb18,1,497763.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
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