Sentence examples for confusing ballot from inspiring English sources

Some of that could be attributable to confusing ballot design, some to voter confusion and some to machines' counting irregularities.

The crowded and confusing ballot may be affecting these players in several ways.

Our Constitution does not reserve this right to Americans who can decipher a confusing ballot.

Warren Christopher, the former secretary of state, questioned the legality of a confusing ballot paper in Palm Beach county.

He drove down from St. Augustine to protest the fact that Mr. Buchanan garnered votes that many people here say were miscast, because of a confusing ballot.

For the beleaguered New York voter, this week's election brought some good news: The Liberal Party got bumped from the state's cluttered and confusing ballot.

They could simplify confusing ballots.

There is no place in our democracy for malfunctioning or broken voting machines, untrained poll workers or confusing ballots.

"The bottom line is that new voters are more prone to mistakes caused by confusing ballots," Mr. Norden said.

Before the polls had closed on Tuesday, though, there was already talk of a legal challenge from a progressive group (which includes MoveOn.org among its members) charging that confusing ballots had disenfranchised some voters.

Let's add two observations: First, designing a simple ballot is not rocket science, and we do not overdraw a conclusion by suspecting an ulterior motive behind some of the confusing ballots.