The 2000 presidential election was really close in the state of Florida. There were some legitimate issues with the design of the paper ballots, and this genera

The 2000 presidential election was really close in the state of Florida. There were some legitimate issues with the design of the paper ballots, and this generated a lot of controversy. This really upset a lot of people and they wanted _something_ to be done. A lot of people naively felt computerizing it would automatically fix everything. They were wrong, but that's how we got here.