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[–] 15 points 1 month ago

For those that don't want to read the wiki - the ballot led to consistent errors since the second button was for the top line on the right side instead of the second choice down the list: Gore.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago
    [–] 5 points 1 month ago*

    This reminds me of the “programmers compete to make terrible volume control” meme

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    whats the messup im missing?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago

    Messup one is the alternating "butterfly" design on the ballot as shown in the image. It was deemed too confusing because the candidates aren't listed in a single order.

    Messup two is a hole punch was used to punch holes in the central area on the ballot, but it wasn't very good at its job. The hole punch system left a bunch of ballots with only partially punched holes, and "hanging chads" where the punched out piece of paper is still attached and dangling. During the recounts the election board had to make a bunch of individual decisions on how to interpret these ballots.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

    What year is this from? The top left looks like it says November 7 2020? 2010? I didn"t think those candidates were running as late as then?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 child)

    But which am I in this image 😭 I hadn't even been born then... I don't deserve downvotes for someone else's blurry image!!

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    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

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