these people are incompetent at best. what is it that is so difficult about running elections? good grief. they should use "experts" to QA and validate their election ballots to eliminate stupid mistakes and just poor communication of information. why doesn't the fed require some standardization for the federal elections? is it because the democrats always want the option to manipulate elections?
I doubt it is incompetence.
Possibilities I see:
A) the ballot shown is fake (perhaps "1" removed with photoshop)
B) It's real, and the "1" was left off the ballot by mistake--meaning Bush should be "14" but the ballot says you should punch "4".
C) It's real and the "1" was intentionally left off--which means Bush should be "4"--and this would make the numbering very odd.
I suspect if the image is real, this was done intentionally--since it makes Bush voters have to guess between following instructions, or making logical sense. I's say they should follow instructions, since it's a Demo run county, and they don't follow logic. ;-)