Nationwide, about 2 million votes were not counted for one reason or another. In 45 other counties in Florida, the percentage of votes that were not counted was higher than in those three counties. When I lived in another state that used punch-type ballots, I made sure when I finished voting that the punched chads next to my chosen candidates were removed.
Voting is a privilege.
We had better get back to taking personal responsibility for our actions instead of trying to put the blame on something or someone else. The Florida Legislature created the risk that the service personnel ballots will not be counted, when it passed a law that requires ballots from overseas to be postmarked by a certain date. Military ballots often do not receive individual postmarks, because the service mails the ballots in bulk packages. Once the Florida Legislature made this mistake, it led to the problem of election authorities either having to ignore the law or disregard the serviceperson's right to vote. The situation in Florida is just plain wrong.