J. Williams wrote:
> In today's local paper here on the Space Coast of Florida, an
> elementary school teacher divided her 4th grade language arts class of
> varied abilities into 3 distinct groups of 11 students. Each group
> was asked to vote using the butterfly ballot now being questioned.
> One group was asked to vote for Gore, the second for Bush, and lastly
> for Buchanan. Without exception all the kids marked the ballots
> correctly. A couple of days ago, the newspaper published another
> similar study of 77 elementary school kids again with the same
> results. Interestingly, the paper endorsed V.P. Gore and supports a
> recount.
Other factors (such as age and visual acuity) notwithstanding it should be noted that
the butterfly ballot issue has no relevance to the recount issue. The recount was
called for because of the high rate of incompletely punched cards (I've heard circa
5%). The recount won't affect double punched cards (which are still inavlid at
recount), except possibly to increase the number of double punched ballots.
Thom
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