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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This reminds me of the “programmers compete to make terrible volume control” meme
whats the messup im missing?
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?
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!!
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
Needs a little more jpeg. The right side is clearer with a 0 in the threes digit. This is 2000.

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