>> It can be. I was at a Count for local elections in SW London. The
>> candidates were listed on the ballot, as normal, alphabetically. It worked out that two conservatives
>> had initials starting at the beginning of the alphabet (one was a certain Chope at
>> the start of his political career) and the third had a name beginning with W.
>> It was a landslide to the Conservatives overall. Much to everyone’s surprise, including the candidate,
>> the Communist candidate polled an unusually high number of votes. He was listed in the
>> first half of the list, the third Conservative candidate didn’t get in by some 20
>> votes.
That sort of thing was probably why ballot slips have latterly included party logos.
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