Nov. 30 -- Voters have complained they’re confusing. Lawyers have argued it in court. Now a Canadian scientist is publishing a study to try and prove the infamous “butterfly ballot” leads to ...

What was the butterfly ballot? The 2000 presidential election came down to Florida: About 2k Palm Beach County votes might have gone the wrong way.

A new look at the notorious Palm Beach butterfly ballot has found fresh evidence that voter confusion may have helped cost Democratic nominee Al Gore the election in Florida. In the scientific ...

The butterfly ballot, as it came to be known, was designed by then-Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Theresa LaPore. She was trying to help seniors see the 10 candidates for president by ...

Butterfly ballots like those used in Palm Beach County, Fla., for the 2000 presidential election are confusing and biasing, and election officials would do well to consider social science theories ...

“Butterfly” ballot: Known officially as the Julia “Butterfly” Ballot, this is an absentee voting form for environmental activists who are living in California redwoods and cannot make it ...

Theresa LePore, the inventor of the butterfly ballot that became a national joke during the 2000 presidential recount, lost her re-election bid to remain Palm Beach County elections supervisor.

A ballot design that confused voters into choosing two candidates cost Al Gore 6,607 votes in Palm Beach County, The Palm Beach Post reported in its Sunday editions. The newspaper counted more ...

Asked to critique how confusing the ballots were on a 7-point scale, with 7 being the most confusing, students rated the butterfly ballot as 3.69 on average, compared to 2.14 for the standard ...