JACOBSON v. LEE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION NANCY CAROLA JACOBSON, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO.: 4:18cv262-MW/CAS LAUREL M. LEE, et al., Defendant/Intervenors. _______________________________/ FINAL ORDER FOLLOWING BENCH TRIAL In political circles, it is widely believed that the candidate who is listed first on the ballot has an advantage in the election—an advantage which can be decisive.1 This advantage supposedly comes from a phenomenon called the primacy effect, which is the human tendency to choose the first item in a list of options. The…