Democracy, The Worst Form of Government

Democracy, The Worst Form of Government

Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe is arguing in today's Wall Street Journal that the Ninth Circus Courts of Appeals was right to stop California's recall over punch card balloting. Tribe arugues that the error rate with punch cards is so high that voters will be disinfranchised.
Punch cards disinfranchise nobody. Voter too lazy or stupid to follow simple instructions often disinfranchise themselves. But the error rate with punch cards is about the same as with any other automated system.
So, I suppose that all elections should be halted until a demonstrably perfect system for divining voter intentions is invented.