[jimbob]

Waaayyy OT but,

Seems to me that Florida has a pretty dumb voting system. We've got a "complete the arrow" system in Canada. The poll-operators give you a pencil, you go to the booth, and then select your candidate by filling in the correct broken arrow with said pencil. No hanging chits, no accidental chit removals, etc.

That said, a teacher in Florida made a test for grade 1 students in which they identified their favorite cartoon character using the chit system, and not a single error in his class! Does this indicate that the problem isn't with the system, but with the voter? Perhaps the "debacle" isn't with the system or the electee, perhaps the debacle is the electorate.

[ April 16, 2003, 20:01: Message edited by: jimbob ]