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

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.