Notes

• Ran this as Issue №2 so it can show the real format you locked earlier: last month's result reported first (braai broodjies, 64/36), then the bridge line into the new question.
• The bridge paragraph reframes the topic honestly — this isn't a light "braai vs tjops" style joke question, it's a genuinely divisive staffroom topic, so the copy treats it with more weight than the Heritage Day opener did, while staying in the Journal's first-person voice.
• Added a "Read the full article" link under the vote — since you mentioned a companion piece ("Do we learn if AI is introduced into the learning experience?"), the Ballot now doubles as a teaser into a real article elsewhere in the issue, not just a standalone poll. That's a new pattern: some months the Ballot can tie to a feature story instead of standing alone.
• Used the tally-card treatment (Option H) here since it's what we discussed being closest to your Look Forward preference — happy to redo this same content in the I or J visual treatment if you want to compare again with this actual topic in place.