How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Chad

Michael McElroy

Just watching Broward County Circuit Court Judge Robert Rosenberg examine ballots was enough to spur a migraine

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Governor Racicot was right on one point, though. There were plenty of chads lying around that room. A lot of people took them home as mementos, including me. Hell, they're going for five dollars apiece on eBay. Even so, that high-plains carpetbagger is missing the point: Chads don't pop out on their own, any more than they get pregnant by themselves. They fall out after being punched through by a voter. Too bad they didn't fall out November 7.