Republicans are outraged by California’s law governing how candidates appear on election ballots because Donald Trump’s name does not appear on the first page.
Some Donald Trump supporters are posting details on how to make sure others know how to cast their votes for the former president on Tuesday.
A voter who cast his first ballot in person in California on Oct. 30 posted an image of the presidential candidates’ screen, which conspicuously did not show the Trump ticket with running mate Sen. J.D. Vance.
Voters must press “more” on the screen to view and select Trump’s name.
“If you wanted to vote (red) you had to click an additional button to even select the candidates on the Republican ticket, which required you to click ‘more’,” Twitch streamer Darth Caul posted on X.
A voter posted an image of the screen at their early voting location in California, which did not show Donald Trump on the first screen
In California, the order in which candidates appear on the ballots is determined by randomizing the alphabet and then rotating positions based on California State Assembly district. This gives each candidate an equal chance to appear at the top of the ballot across the state.
This year the random drawing determined that the order is as follows: IFLTDEHQMJGAYRPCBVXKUNOWSZ.
This means that in some California districts the order is Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris, independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Libertarian Chase Oliver and then Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Then the former president appears last as the positions are rotated in a number of other districts where the order is: Harris, RFK Jr., Oliver, Stein and then Trump.
Still, pro-Trump voters in areas where his name last appeared didn’t like the fact that they had to go an extra step to see his name. And some even claimed this was a way to try to get fewer people to vote for him.
“Here’s my ballot from California. I have never seen a Republican candidate so low on the list,” one user posted on X with an image of his absentee ballot.
A user on TikTok also posted a video over the weekend explaining to voters how to cast their vote for Trump if they get confused when they head to the polls on Election Day on Tuesday, November 5.
Another user posted an image of his ballot on X, which showed Trump’s name at the very bottom of the list of presidential candidates
A voter in Beverly Hills, California explained that to vote for Donald Trump, voters must press “more” on the screen at their voting locations on Tuesday.
“So I just got back from voting, see?” the user said, looking at the “I voted” sticker.
“Here’s a government announcement,” she explained. “You can’t find the name Donald J. Trump on the ballot. So this is what you do: when you get to the presidential section, you have to click on the ‘more’ button and on the second screen, halfway down the page, you will find his name.”
“So that’s what you have to do to vote for Donald J. Trump,” she concluded.