The bigger issue is that in presidential elections in the past, it's generally a landslide, so having ~5% of the votes going uncounted for technical reasons (i.e. voter stupidity) really didn't impact the election.
So your point is that because the reason that people had problems with the butterfly ballots was their own stupidity that it wasn't a big deal?
Perhaps we should add a mini IQ test to the ballot, that would really screen out the stupid people.
Like it or not, stupid people have a right to vote and a ballot that is confusing or convoluted enough to elminate ~5% of the electorate IS a "big deal".
Yes, with any voting system, there will always be some idiots who will mess it up. But the number should be south of 1%.
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The bigger issue is that in presidential elections in the past, it's generally a landslide, so having ~5% of the votes going uncounted for technical reasons (i.e. voter stupidity) really didn't impact the election. So your point is that because the reason that people had problems with the butterfly ballots was their own stupidity that it wasn't a big deal? Perhaps we should add a mini IQ test to the ballot, that would really screen out the stupid people. Like it or not, stupid people have a right to vote and a ballot that is confusing or convoluted enough to elminate ~5% of the electorate IS a "big deal". Yes, with any voting system, there will always be some idiots who will mess it up. But the number should be south of 1%.