I've said this since Florida 2000, and I'll continue to say it...if a person cares so little for their vote that they don't read the instructions, ask questions if they don't understand, follow the instructions and examine their ballot before they vote...then I have zero sympathy when their vote isn't counted.
I voted in Florida from 1980-86, when I joined the Air Force. The first time was on a voting machine, and after that, it was punch card ballots. There were signs everywhere in the polling place that said 1) punch all the way through 2) brush off any paper or cardboard on the back of the ballot (we hadn't heard of the term "hanging chads"). I followed the instructions.
Numbnuts voting in Florida complained about butterfly ballots? Give me a break. I voted Florida absentee in 2000, and do you know how *I* had to select my candidates? I got a punch card, and each chad had a tiny, tiny number on it. I had to use the book, find my candidate, get the number, then find the numbered chad that matched, and use the straightened out paper clip and styrofoam backing that was supplied with my absentee ballot. Please, I know my vote for Bush counted, because I FOLLOWED THE DIRECTIONS!!!!
My daughter was 6 during the 2000 elections - I showed her the butterfly ballot that was in the Washington Post, and told her to color in the circle for Gore. She did it no problem, but grown ass people couldn't figure it out? They deserved to have their votes thrown out or otherwise wasted.