This is what a Michigan ballot looks like.
This is what a Florida ballot looked like last election.
Insanity. Deliberate and verging on malicious.
Dare to compare, this
is an Elections Canada standard ballot. Gather around, children; today we’re going to learn about arbitrary bureaucratic obscurantism. Don’t forget, the public is not to be trusted!
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Apparently, corrections have been issued or something.
Where I read that correction news, a commenter, very rightfully, said “And how many people are going to throw those away unopened because they have already received a ballot?”
How the hell do you make such a mistake!? I hate being conspiracy theorist and all, but as you said, this is insanity, deliberate and verging on malicious.
Is it just me, or will a machine read all votes punched on the line beside “Kerry” as votes for Bush? Or is this a human-read ballot – and *can* you even punch out beside Bush, even though there’s no arrow for it?
Is it just me, or will a machine read all votes punched on the line beside “Kerry” as votes for Bush? Or is this a human-read ballot – and *can* you even punch out beside Bush, even though there’s no arrow for it?
That’s a very interesting off-by-one problem, isn’t it?
As a litmus test for determining your “Canadian, eh?” factor, look at the Michigan ballot and measure how long it takes before you wonder to yourself: “Scotty Boman is running for State Board under the Libertarian ticket?”
For the conspiracy theorist in you … here’s a screenshot of a US ABC affiliate’s web page, running an AP article that declares Bush the winner of the 2004 election.
The liberal media? Say it ain’t so!
Apart from what I’m assuming is a printing error, the Michigan one seems fairly straightforward — certainly easier to understand than that odd Canadian one with half the words in French. (What are those perforation lines for? Do you have to tear it?)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections2004/story/0,13918,1325120,00.html
Funny, I was going to say the Canadian one didn’t look so bad compared with the Michigan one. At least you can’t accidentally vote for the wrong candidate.