The 2008 election is different than others due to the race and gender of the candidates; however, the voting has not been racial or sexist.

In today's America, the costs of continuing to insist on race-based electoral arrangements are very high.

For better or worse, the battle over the 2000 Florida election still remains with us. Billions of dollars are being spent by states to change their voting-machine systems in order to correct the perceived problems experienced in Florida. Yet much debate still exists over exactly what went wrong in Florida...