The amount of white space from the 
    question candidate and the bottom line is different than the white space for 
    the last race candidate.  The candidate bottom line is very (too) close 
    to the vertical oval.    
   You use the 
  "shift box vert" option to move the bottom box line away from the oval.  
  I am looking into why your questions have the strange 1/4" gap and will follow 
  up to support or bugtrack. 
    
  Ken  
  
The reason that they are different is because you chose 
different layout options.  Your referenda are set up as "fixed" and "by 
row" while your other races are "flow" and "by col".  You have the minumum 
rows for the referenda set to 2, and that is what you are getting -- one blank 
extra row. 
  
Choose flow and by col for the referenda and you will 
get the layout you expect. 
  
Ken 
  
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