It had to happen - a law suit contesting the outcome of an election based on electronic voting.

In Saratoga County the looser of a Congressional seat is claiming that a disproportionate “undervote” means there must be a problem.

As you probably know, an Undervote is when on one particular contest on a ballot no vote is recorded for either or any candidate.

When losers want to raise an issue (winners seldom do) this is a standard complaint. It is shocking to me that this is so, so simply remedied its ridiculous !!

The fix requirers no change to the machine. No change to the software.
Just add a choice that says: “Intentionally Left Blank”. End of problem.

No this idea should not be confused with the similar but different “None of the Above”. The folks who suggest this continue on with the notion that this choice is a vote against both candidates. And if NoA gets the most votes a new election must be held. Tempting, but that is a different question and has very little chance of being adapted.

Even the idea on the table of Left Blank will meet with stiff resistance from politicians. This is because even if it would never trigger a revote, it would hurt their feelings and send a message that they won’t want to hear.

In my humble opinion, “Intentionally Left Blank” would be a good suggestion to everyone’s Registrar of Elections.