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Many problems with voting now a days lie within the machines, and other methods and practices of voting. During the John Kerry vs. George Bush election many computers generate predictions of who will win the popular vote. Well the computers estimated that John Kerry would win the popular vote by 5 million votes, when it came down to it George Bush won the popular vote by 3 million votes, which is an 8 million vote difference from what the computers had predicted. Another problem is not a mechanical, but a human problem. In many states there were long lines at the voting precinct in favor of John Kerry, however many believe those lines wouldn't make a difference if something would have gone wrong, since there was no sign of fraud or missing ballots. It is also reported that the time you have to wait to vote is based racially. In Ohio many African Americans had to wait up to 50 minutes just to get to vote, where as whites in the same state waited just under twenty minutes. Many people believe this is because of the more efficient voting process in the suburban areas. Many of these factors may have presented a factor in that election, but you can tell for sure. Factors such as being discourage for waiting in long lines, having sub standard equipment may make people feel inferior to others using modern technology. However we can not tell that if those areas with problems like these didn't have problems like these, would the outcome be different? I think not.