Electoral ballots have often listed the candidates in alphabetic order, but some studies have suggested that it gives a small benefit, to the first person liste

Electoral ballots have often listed the candidates in alphabetic order, but some studies have suggested that it gives a small benefit, to the first person listed. [1] Many election authorities, in Canada at least, have shifted to randomizing the order in some way [2]. Some people have even played with alphabetic sort for novelty purposes; a man in Ontario changed his legal name to "Above Znoneofthe" so he would appear last on the ballot as "Znoneofthe, Above". [1] https://electionlab.mit.edu/research/ballot-order-effects https://electionlab.mit.edu/research/ballot-order-effects [2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-does-away-with-alphabetical-order-on-election-ballots-1.4696092 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-do...