When voters in the town of Battleford vote in the municipal election on Nov. 9, the candidates will not be listed alphabetically.
At a meeting of members Monday, town council voted in favour of putting candidates’ names on the ballot in random order.
There is a belief that, in council races where people must select multiple candidates, “the common voter just picks the first six every time,” said mayor Ames Leslie. The thinking is this would give those with last names from the first letters of the alphabet an unfair advantage.
There was little debate about the change, which passed easily at council Monday.
