Some of us have ethical values and a moral foundation, an understanding of the obvious line between right and wrong. Some of us are raised with the belief that ethics and morals are relative, that they are antiquated concepts rather than a guidebook towards an enlightened society. Some people visit the voting booth, read their ballot carefully, and make an educated decision. Others visit the voting booth, draw Smiley faces on their ballot, and think themselves witty. Others write cuss words on the ballot, blow their nose on it and treat it as a joke.
Most people expect their vote to count, and rightfully so.
However those who purposely or negligently screw up their ballot are out of luck. If you don't take the right of franchise seriously enough to read the directions, you have nothing to whine about when your ballot is rejected. In Florida, they tossed out 180,000 deficient ballots. In Ohio it was roughly 92,000. Washington State trashed about 30,000.