The “hanging chads” on ballots punched on Florida’s mechanical voting machines complicate the vote count and delay election results to determine whether George W. Bush or Al Gore won the presidential election.
Electronic voting machines are seen as a way to solve the mechanical voting machine problem.
As the Florida recount implodes, the high court decides Bush v. Gore
Source:
1. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/hanging-chad-or-not-2000-presidential-election
2. https://www.usnews.com/the-legacy-of-hanging-chads
1. What guarantee do we have that the results of the 2000 Florida’s elections were reliable given the errors that occurred in the voting machines?
2. Can electronic voting machines really solve the problem of mechanical voting machines and be a reliable option, especially in cases where the outcome of the votes has margins of less than 1% and where any statistical error or potential manipulation, however small, can really change the results?
3. It can be said that hand recounts should be mandatory to guarantee accurate non-manipulable results?
4. Is it possible that unethical actors are promoting electronic voting systems as a more efficient way to manipulate or steal elections?
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