[Mr_Moonlight]

I used the punch cards for years. There is no problem with hanging chads IF the voter looks at the ballot before they turn it in.

And I've used the mechanical push-lever machines here in New York State for years, and they didn't 'develop a problem' until Pataki and Giuliani and then Bloomberg were elected and then re-elected .... /shrug

[cydcharisse]

I love these old mechanical machines. They've worked, never a hint of scandal, easy to operate and count the votes simply and accurately.

I dread the new "improved" stuff we've got coming to us.

[wouldntbprudent]

Yes, your observation reminds me of one made by Walter Williams re gun laws and the District of Columbia.

Seems D.C. has some of the strictest gun laws in the nation, while nearby VA has some of the most lenient. D.C. residents were complaining that people went to VA to get guns.

Williams observed that that may be, but that the "guns" didn't start killing people until they were brought into D.C., so what do you make of that?