Is it just me or did HAVA utterly fuck us?

Ever since I read -- earlier today -- a recap of the 2000 election, where people accused Gore of trying to "steal" the election on the strength of nothing but the networks calling Florida for Bush, isn't everything about the "Help America Vote Act" early/absentee/provisional push designed to screw us over?

If we presume Democrats are more likely to vote early, absentee, or provisionally, and if we realize county reports don't count absentees or provisionals (do they report earlies?) and exit polls don't count absentees or earlies (and maybe don't count provisionals either?) -- doesn't everything about HAVA push in the direction of causing networks to call states for Republicans prematurely?

And can SOMEONE PLEASE POINT THIS OUT IN THE SCLM?