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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: TraderGreg who wrote (1647)11/11/2000 12:14:05 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 6710
 
The challenge to the Palm Beach ballot isn't whether it's exemplary - obviously it wasn't. And the challenge isn't whether a small percentage of the voters were confused by it - obviously they were.

There are two avenues of challenge - one is whether it violates the Florida directing how ballots shall be configured, and I assume you are aware that the Florida law concerning ballots to be counted electromechanically, as this was, provides that the boxes for checkoffs can be on the left OR the right, so that challenge will fail. The Dems are misdirecting your attention to the law concerning ordinary paper ballots, which this was not. And even then, the law only requires "substantial" compliance. "Substantial" means close enough to get the job done.

The other is whether the ballot was so poorly designed as to deprive voters of their franchise. The test is whether a reasonable person, who was reasonably careful, could determine how to vote. The fact that 99% of voters had no problem demonstrates the answer.
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