Punch Card Madness; Clever Lawyers and the American Civil Liberties Union

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Byline: Tony Blankley, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

There are days when it doesn't pay to contemplate the inanities of modern life. Today is such a day. The ACLU is in court in California trying to block the recall election on the theory that some voters are being discriminated against by virtue of having to vote by the dreaded punch card method. For those who have never suffered through that mental ordeal, let me describe it. In order to cast a ballot, the voter must look at the candidate's name on the ballot, see a hole next to it, pick up a needle-like device with an ergonomically designed handle, grasp the handle and put the point through the hole.

Let us recall that Jane Goodall …