And we certainly don't want to blame the chaos of our just-completed presidential election on the voters. For the past few weeks, my colleagues and I have listened with great skepticism to people who say that uniform ballots or uniform voting machines or uniform polling hours would solve all our problems. As the oldest democracy in existence, we should expect to have some elections that are not pretty. This year, for all intents and purposes, we had a national tie for the presidency, and the way it had to be brought to a close in Florida was admittedly ugly. All involve procedures that could easily have been written into Florida state law.
None involves a uniform anything.
End of story. Do this for every system of voting in use in the state. In a recount, specify that machines count all votes that can be clearly read. We invented voting equipment because most of the time it counts votes more accurately than humans and far quicker. Order that the vote not be certified until recounts required by law are completed.