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August 18, 2022
County Clerk/Registrar of Voters (CC/ROV) Memorandum #22193
TO: All County Clerks/Registrars of Voters
FROM: /s/ Kirsten Larsen
Election Services Manager
RE: General Election: Randomized Alphabet Drawing
In accordance with Elections Code section 13112(b)(1)(C)(i), the Secretary of State’s
office conducted a drawing of the letters of the alphabet to determine the randomized
alphabet for use in the above election. Listed below is the official order of letters for use
in determining placement of candidates’ names on the ballot.
Please note that this alphabet is to be applied THROUGHOUT the candidate’s entire
last name, so if more than one candidate’s surname begins with the same letter, the
second letter of the surname determines who goes first, according to where the second
letter of the name appears in the random alphabet. For example, if two candidates with
the surname of Campbell and Carlson are running for the same office, their order on the
ballot will depend on the order in which the letters “M” and “R” were drawn in the
randomized alphabet drawing.
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