In addition, fourth graders would not be as habituated to the left to right orientation
from reading, tests, etc. in western cultures.
Thom Baguley wrote:
> 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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