An Ohio federal court judge held that punch-card balloting is not, in and of itself, racially discriminatory. The ACLU sued for a declaration that the punch card ballots in Ohio discriminated against minorities because minorities live predominantly in counties that use punch card systems. The full AP story is here.
The lawsuit alleged that most of the 92,000 ballots that did not have a vote for president recorded were punch card ballots.
Judge David Dowd held that:
All voters in a county, regardless of race, use the same voting system to cast a ballot, and no one is denied the opportunity to cast a valid vote because of their race.
Courtesy: Captain Quarters Blog for noting the story.
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