Votes not counted? Some say, "So what?"

After years of fighting for a seat at the table, I know that votes in public elections not being counted is not a "so what?"

Some folks seem to think it is.

Kentucky has issues with vote counting that are coming to light in suburban Louisville. People have been voting in the wrong city elections because they get the wrong ballots. The difference is large enough that it almost certainly affected the outcome of city council races in last year's election. But there's no way to fix this mistake, because it was discovered too late.

This error occurred because precinct lines don't always follow the often torturous city lines. Efforts to remedy this have been stymied because that would cost money. Many legislators and other public officials have shrugged off this matter.

How widespread in Kentucky is the problem of people voting in the wrong cities? One official pointed out the prevalence of this discrepancy: "It happens all the time." Still, I don't expect it to be remedied anytime soon.

This is a state in which confirmed instances of lost votes have repeatedly been breezily dismissed, so accurate election counts clearly aren't a high priority. Judging by some of the results in Kentucky in this decade, it shows.

(Source: http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20090413/NEWS0103/904130353)