We just completed our mail-in ballots. Disheartening it is that Texas will do it's best to disqualify those ballots

[SorellaLaBefana]

The first thing which struck us was that the ‘Republican’ (remember when that was not MAGA?) candidate was always the first listed for each position.

I seemed to recall, and was able to confirm, that multiple studies over decades have shown that the first candidate listed is more likely to receive a disproportionate share of the votes contrasted with those further down the listed order.

There are about half-a-dozen frequently quoted studies showing this ‘Primacy’ or ‘Ballot Listing Position Effect’

The earliest (which I find hard to believe, but DO have things that need doing today!) was in 1998 by Miller & Krosnick. Sadly this, and all of Krosnick’s (Political Scientist) I could find are paywalled. However, based upon what people mention, the first listed candidate has a distinct advantage (as does, to a lesser degree) the one listed last.

When opening the envelope the Texas ballot comes in there's a total of SEVEN pieces of paper each with complex directions!

Somehow, hard to trust that the true purpose is any but to cause confusion, since apparently, older and non-Fascist voters are more likely to vote by mail so any rejected mail ballot will help MAGA.

Sigh.