It's deja vu all over again

The last time many of us met hanging chads was in Florida 2000. We thought they had gone away, but they haven't.

Now the US Court of Appeals has called a halt to the current California recall, putting Arnie S. and 134 other candidates into limbo until around next March, unless an appeal is filed within the next seven days. It seems the poorer areas of California have more than their fair share of potential hanging chads.

This is the second time that the usability of voting 'technology' has hit the headlines in the US. Perhaps it will encourage governments there and elsewhere to adequately research and assess the systems they are using or propose to use for allowing people to cast their votes.

The Court of Appeals decision (courtesy Whitney Quesenbery at UPA)
News story on Yahoo (courtesy Josephine Scott)