I also do not want to get into this, but I do have one comment. Those cards
with chads are used all over the country. I used them in Michigan. The
standard around the country is that a machine will count those votes and
that dimpled chads will not get counted. Also, even though I am fairly sure
that my vote was correct, it is possible that chads in the card reader
invalidated my vote. The error level of these cards has been accepted in our
"democracy" (or was that representational republic) all across the country
to lower the cost of voting. But now, all of a sudden, every ballot is more
than a piece of paper, it is the voice of an American. At least it is in
Florida. Apparently, Michigan doesn't count.

Unless we are prepared to recount votes everywhere in the country where
these stupid cards are being used (because they are a cheap alternative),
all we can really do is the best we can and move on.

I heard a comment on NPR that Florida had disappeared under the waves, with
nothing left other than oil (from the hair of all the lawyers) and floating
chads.

Tom Hula
Victor S. Barnes Company
Grand Rapids MI