Column balancing doesn't work with footnotes

[mpickering]

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The balance package doesn't work well if their are footnotes on the final page. In this case I was saved because flushend worked.

Seeing as there is no reliable way to balance two columns in latex, the requirement to do so should be removed from the guidelines.

[SamuelGong]

The same issue is observed here. Looking forward to any update.