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Not nearly as confusing as why everyone insists on perpetuating the Yes/No/Cancel paradigm. I don't see why no one else is adopting the new Apple-style verb-based dialog buttons.

You're right on the money about just what a good idea it is. Ideally, you should be able to get the jist without even reading the main text. It's more efficient, as well as being less prone to error. But it's not exactly "new". It was one of the founding principles of the Macintosh interface in 1984, and it was one of those little gems of an idea that they got exactly right. It's still enshrined in the (ageing) official Mac Human Interface Guidelines.

To paraphrase a cool flash from last fall:
"Are you sure you don't want to not decertify your non-vote for someone other than John Kerry?"
Yes/No
vs.
Vote for Kerry/Change Vote

The rest of the world is not to impressed by Diebold either. A couple of Dutch jokers have put together this little thing on Diebold and voting (in Florida):

http://www.boomchicago.nl/Section/Latest-News/Boom ChicagoVotingMachine

Mirror: http://politiken.dk/media/wvx/3223.WVX

Let the Slashdot'ing begin ;-)