You're one of the kids. This was from the 2000 presidential election

The election was incredibly close and came down to Florida to determine the winner. This was the ballot in Florida. Many people erroneously voted for Pat Buchanon because of the poor design

There was another famous point of contention around hanging chads. I won't go into detail, but if you ever want to know if someone is older than ~35, say the words hanging chad. They'll know what it means