Heads, It's Kerry; Tails, It's Bush

Today's newspapers tell us that the voting machines count the vote with a margin of error of over 2 per cent. Two per cent? At least that is slightly better than the margin of error the pollsters have.

If this race is within two percentage points, as many polls claim, and the vote is counted with a two percent margin of error, aren't we picking the next President by a process more akin to a coin toss?