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I saw the ballot on CSPAN early this morning and I can easily understand
how someone could get confused - especially someone with compromised eyesight.
Also, I thought I heard on CSPAN that there were 19,000 double-punched
ballots in Palm Beach County, not 2000.
Usability was the first thing I thought of when the picture of the ballot
appeared on the TV screen.
> Apparently font and layout issues on ballots caused about
> 2000 seniors in
> Palm Beach with less then 20/20 vision to vote for Buchanen
> instead of Gore.
> They showed the ballots, and it is definitely confusing.
Do you know where people can view the ballot, if at all?
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