diff --git a/helios/fixtures/legacy-election-metadata-expected.json b/helios/fixtures/legacy-election-metadata-expected.json
index 6b4214726fcff9340a4c12fbd0f870a4b9b3c5aa..476296e6109e0232b6e6d8d6b6983ae45e266c2f 100644
--- a/helios/fixtures/legacy-election-metadata-expected.json
+++ b/helios/fixtures/legacy-election-metadata-expected.json
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{"help_email": "help@heliosvoting.org", "private_p": false, "use_advanced_audit_features": true}
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+{"help_email": "help@heliosvoting.org", "private_p": false, "randomize_answer_order": false, "use_advanced_audit_features": true}
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diff --git a/helios/migrations/0010_auto__add_field_election_randomize_answer_order.py b/helios/migrations/0010_auto__add_field_election_randomize_answer_order.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96d1eb0662c93b3c1b2c77d1a34feefee5c4d526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helios/migrations/0010_auto__add_field_election_randomize_answer_order.py
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding field 'Election.randomize_answer_order'
+        db.add_column('helios_election', 'randomize_answer_order',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
+                      keep_default=False)
+
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting field 'Election.randomize_answer_order'
+        db.delete_column('helios_election', 'randomize_answer_order')
+
+
+    models = {
+        'helios.auditedballot': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AuditedBallot'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'election': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios.Election']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'raw_vote': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'vote_hash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'helios.castvote': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'CastVote'},
+            'cast_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'invalidated_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'quarantined_p': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'released_from_quarantine_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'verified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'vote': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {}),
+            'vote_hash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'vote_tinyhash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voter': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios.Voter']"})
+        },
+        'helios.election': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Election'},
+            'admin': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios_auth.User']"}),
+            'archived_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'cast_url': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '500'}),
+            'complaint_period_ends_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'created_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'datatype': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'legacy/Election'", 'max_length': '250'}),
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'election_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'election'", 'max_length': '250'}),
+            'eligibility': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'encrypted_tally': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'featured_p': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'frozen_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'help_email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'modified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '250'}),
+            'openreg': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'private_key': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'private_p': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'public_key': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'questions': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'randomize_answer_order': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'registration_starts_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'result': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'result_proof': ('helios_auth.jsonfield.JSONField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'short_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'tallies_combined_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'tallying_finished_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'tallying_started_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'tallying_starts_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'use_advanced_audit_features': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'use_voter_aliases': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'uuid': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
+            'voters_hash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voting_ended_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voting_ends_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voting_extended_until': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voting_started_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voting_starts_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        'helios.electionlog': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ElectionLog'},
+            'at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'election': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios.Election']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'log': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '500'})
+        },
+        'helios.trustee': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('election', 'email'),)", 'object_name': 'Trustee'},
+            'decryption_factors': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'decryption_proofs': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'election': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios.Election']"}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200'}),
+            'pok': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'public_key': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'public_key_hash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'secret': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'secret_key': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'uuid': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'helios.voter': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('election', 'voter_login_id'),)", 'object_name': 'Voter'},
+            'alias': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'cast_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'election': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios.Election']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios_auth.User']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'uuid': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
+            'vote': ('helios.datatypes.djangofield.LDObjectField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'vote_hash': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voter_email': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '250', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voter_login_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voter_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voter_password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        'helios.voterfile': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'VoterFile'},
+            'election': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['helios.Election']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'num_voters': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'processing_finished_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'processing_started_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'uploaded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'voter_file': ('django.db.models.fields.files.FileField', [], {'max_length': '250', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'voter_file_content': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        'helios_auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user_type', 'user_id'),)", 'object_name': 'User'},
+            'admin_p': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'info': ('helios_auth.jsonfield.JSONField', [], {}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'token': ('helios_auth.jsonfield.JSONField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'user_id': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'user_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['helios']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/helios/models.py b/helios/models.py
index 64733fa48aa29ebb912b5b3d4bc26f4b7db5ed41..45dba1d95cbef8618f9341795ad2c0504e7896fc 100644
--- a/helios/models.py
+++ b/helios/models.py
@@ -79,7 +79,12 @@ class Election(HeliosModel):
     
   # voter aliases?
   use_voter_aliases = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
+  # auditing is not for everyone
   use_advanced_audit_features = models.BooleanField(default=True, null=False)
+
+  # randomize candidate order?
+  randomize_answer_order = models.BooleanField(default=False, null=False)
   
   # where votes should be cast
   cast_url = models.CharField(max_length = 500)
@@ -139,7 +144,8 @@ class Election(HeliosModel):
     return {
       'help_email': self.help_email or 'help@heliosvoting.org',
       'private_p': self.private_p,
-      'use_advanced_audit_features': self.use_advanced_audit_features
+      'use_advanced_audit_features': self.use_advanced_audit_features,
+      'randomize_answer_order': self.randomize_answer_order
       }
 
   @property