GALLUP: Sharp Increase in Concern About Ineligible Voters This Year. “As Americans cast their ballots in this year’s historic presidential election, just 18% are very confident that votes across the country will be accurately cast and counted, down sharply from 29% who said so just prior to the 2004 election.” I’ve been warning about this for years. It’s a crisis of confidence that may turn out to be worse than the financial crisis, in time.