Elections can sometimes be close. Very very close (as in 5 votes close as I write this post). So close that the margin of error in counting the votes can exceed the margin of victory. Fortunately tonight’s results won’t lead to a recount (for how the non-binding caucuses work, see here); whether Romney or Santorum wins is more about bragging rights than anything else.
But this could happen in a presidential election again, in a state that matters. And we haven’t done nearly enough to fix the problems in our elections that became apparent in the 2000 Florida fiasco. As I will argue in great detail soon, we are not prepared for the next election meltdown.