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Judge strikes down Florida ballot law listing candidates from governor’s party first

I love court cases that hinge on statistics, like these two US Supreme Court cases: Hall vs. Florida , Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association . Such examples demonstrate the relevance of what students are learning in our class: in Hall vs. Florida, the margin of error saved a criminal from the death penalty. The majority opinion in Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association reiterates that correlation does not equal causation and brings up effect sizes. A recent case in Florida demonstrated that research about voting and candidate order on ballots can unfairly advantage candidates at the top of the list. Here is a brief summary from the Miami Herald : https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article237417779.html Here are portions of the actual decision from the Election Law Blog . The highlight in the paragraph below in mine, since the primacy effect is also something we talk about in Intro Psych. Also, note the terrific footnote....