Even if all parties acknowledge that the Florida election is severely flawed, there is no remedy. The actual vote count is all that matters.
There has to be a better way that punching holes in cardboard to determine results. Those of us old enough to remember know that solution didn't last long with computers yet it has been done this way for YEARS in elections.
We have to use a technology that even 90 year old half blind seniors (who are the only people that vote regularly) can use.
My suggestion? I say we have all candidates at every polling place. Voters stick holes in the candidates with a pin to mark their choices. At the end of the election the candidate with the least amout of physical form left will be selected as the winner.
For those of you who read Mad magazine:
www.thenation.com/special/alfredw.mhtml
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Even if all parties acknowledge that the Florida election is severely flawed, there is no remedy. The actual vote count is all that matters. There has to be a better way that punching holes in cardboard to determine results. Those of us old enough to remember know that solution didn't last long with computers yet it has been done this way for YEARS in elections. We have to use a technology that even 90 year old half blind seniors (who are the only people that vote regularly) can use. My suggestion? I say we have all candidates at every polling place. Voters stick holes in the candidates with a pin to mark their choices. At the end of the election the candidate with the least amout of physical form left will be selected as the winner. For those of you who read Mad magazine: www.thenation.com/special/alfredw.mhtml