Jeremy Erwin's Journal: More Florida Voting shenanigans

Worried that the current generation of electronic touch screen voting machines precludes a recount? Don't be. According to an April 2004 rule issued by the Florida Department of State, "manual recounts [are] not required for the touch-screen machines because the machines do not permit the types of errors that are subject to ballot recounts."

Sometimes it takes a lawsuit to deflate such overconfidence.