And one other point..if the 2000 election had been decided by human beings looking at a dimpled, hanging, or pregnant chad and deciding the voter's "intent" - you might as well have raised the hammer and sickle over our country.
Here's the hard, insensitive, truth for those people whose votes were disqualified -
If your vote was disqualified by a voting machine, it was because you didn't vote correctly. The error is your mistake, not the machines. The butterfly ballot was available to review weeks in advance at the library, internet, or newspaper. There were people to answer questions if you weren't sure how to vote. If you had messed up a ballot, they would have given you a new ballot to use. You should not have assumed that there would be an interpreter for every different language at your voting precint. If millions of people have died for this republic's freedom and right to vote, you can spend a few hours before you vote making sure you know what you are doing. Don't tell me you only dimpled the chad but you meant the vote to count. The chad had to be entirely pushed out to be counted as a vote. There is no middle ground for a vote. You only have yourself to blame!