Or, they could have counted ALL the ballots the first time, and then people would have been a lot more satisfied with the results. As it is now, we'll always wonder. It's not a matter of understanding how to operate the machines, because there were no machines. But yes, it is difficult for many old people to read a poorly-designed ballot, or to push a punch all the way through a ballot then there are ten chad blocking the hole below the punch. Since the election in Florida was too close to call, they should have just split the electoral votes.

-Joe Offer-