Editing Random ballot (section)

===Order of listed candidates===
It is often observed that candidates who are placed in a high position on the ballot-paper will receive extra votes as a result, from voters who are apathetic (especially in elections with [[compulsory voting]]) or who have a strong preference for a party but are indifferent among individual candidates representing that party (when there are two or more). For this reason, many societies have abandoned traditional alphabetical listing of candidates on the ballot in favour of either ranking by the parties (e.g., the [[Australian Senate]]), placement by lot, or rotation (e.g. the [[Hare-Clark]] STV-PR system used in [[Tasmania]] and the [[Australian Capital Territory]]). When candidates are ordered by lot on the ballot, the advantage of [[donkey voting]] can be decisive in a close race.