When voting absentee, the punch card and the ballot are not forced into any particular alignment. Naturally, one expects the order of candidates on the ballot to be the same as the order of candidates on the punch card. But when voting in person - the device that holds the punchcard will align chad 14, not chad 4, to the right of the ballot as it is printed.
On my Wood County ballot, the first column of chads was rerserved for the Presidential election. Chad 14 on the Wood COunty punch card would not be a valid choice. But even if eventually all Cuyahoga County chad 14 punch cards are ruled to be for Bush, don't you see the damage this can cause by throwing the election in Ohio into doubt?
Look at the picture, do you notice something funny looking ? The ballot was moved up two notches when it was scanned, it is clear to see that the ballot does not match up with the brochure. I have voted absentee many times and you do NOT try to lineup the voting brochure with ballot. This post is total nonsense. It's braindead ! When you vote absentee you vote by number not by lining up the ballot with the brochure.