[jyl]

Some of the problems of punch-card ballots have nothing to do with whether voters are "dumbest". For example, if a chad hangs, or is dimpled, I wouldn't call that voter stupidity - he/she pushed the punch through the hole as instructed, but the paper simply failed to cleanly punch out. Plenty of voters won't think to double-check every last chad.

Also, more voters than you'd think are incompetent with machines or written instructions without being what you call "knuckle draggers". My mother-in-law is an example. She is 75 y/o, very bad with any sort of mechanical device, and not great at reading and following even moderately complicated written instructions (eyesight has something to do with it). But she is otherwise a pretty average older voter, raised a family, worked her whole life, owns her own home, and is a diligent voter (and solidly Republican, BTW).

Do you think this sort of person is "too stupid to be voting" and a "mouth breather" whose vote shouldn't be counted, Mule? How about being a little less self-righteous? Or will you wait until you are 70+ y/o with deteriorating eyesight to develop a little empathy?