[Lurking Libertarian]

Isn't that just the excuse? If voters get "disenfrenchised" because they had to use punch cards, then by the same token last November's election is invalid too, we used the same machines. So let's have another full election.

The rationale of the 9th Circuit decision was that it violates equal protection to use punchcards in some counties but not in others. (The State had previously agreed, in settling a prior lawsuit, to eliminate punchcard voting machines. This has already been done in some counties but won't be completed in all counties until March 2004.)

[FairOpinion]

"The rationale of the 9th Circuit decision was that it violates equal protection to use punchcards in some counties but not in others. "

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Isn't that exactly the way it was in Nov 2002 election? If it was good enough then, why isn't it good enough now?