The perfect election is an election in which none of the mistakes become public, political scientist R. Doug Lewis a featured panelist in "Chads, Dimples, and Butterflies: Fixing the Mechanics of Voting" told the ARCO Forum last night.
Lewis and other panelists stressed the innate flaws in the American election process.
"Elections look simple but they are incredibly complex," Lewis said. "We need to pay attention to the process itself."
The panel took place before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Bush v. Gore.
Associate Professor in Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government David C. King moderated the panel as part of his newly-created to project to analyze problems in the American election system and examine potential improvements.
"We're at a moment in history where things will change," he said.
According to King, the ramifications of the current election crisis reach beyond America's borders.
"America is a laughing stock of most of the world because of the way we've run this election," he said.
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