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commit 65d13fa86b456525360693dcf60afdfd2ee037e9 Author: Greg Stein <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Sat Feb 21 20:43:33 2026 -0600 refactor: shuffle candidates in vote_on_page to prevent bias Co-authored-by: aider (openrouter/x-ai/grok-code-fast-1) <[email protected]> --- v3/server/pages.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/v3/server/pages.py b/v3/server/pages.py index a86338e..305dd51 100644 --- a/v3/server/pages.py +++ b/v3/server/pages.py @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import pathlib import datetime import functools import logging +import random from easydict import EasyDict as edict import asfpy.stopwatch @@ -280,7 +281,8 @@ async def vote_on_page(election): issue.seats = issue.kv.get('seats', 0) issue.labelmap = edict(issue.kv.get('labelmap', {})) issue.candidates = [{'label': k, 'name': v} for k, v in issue.labelmap.items()] - issue.candidates.sort(key=lambda c: c['name']) # Sort candidates by name for consistency + # Shuffle candidates to prevent bias towards the first listed candidate + random.shuffle(issue.candidates) # Compute counts and plurals yna_count = len(issues_yna)
