Originally Posted By: Roger
I've never quite understood why the "UI" of voting was the source of such problems. Surely it's just a sheet of paper with a list of names, each with a big box next to it?

Do you mean that this is the way you think voting (in the US) does work, or that it's the obvious solution?

This is the contentious ballot from Florida in 2000. Seems pretty straightforward, right? And the NC (where I live) ballot(pdf) is being commented on as this year's poor UI ballot because of the presidential vote being distinct from the straight-party vote. Neither of those really seem very difficult, do they? But people are idiots.
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