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Election Reform

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mojowork_n

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Wed Oct 24, 2012, 05:20 PM Oct 2012

Precinct-by-precinct vote totals in Republican primaries show... [View all]

...a statistically impossible pattern.

But one you might expect to find if you thought votes were being flipped:

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Rigged-Elections-for-Romne-by-Michael-Collins-121022-13.html

Wisconsin, for example, is represented in the graph below. Moving from the smallest to largest precincts, you can see Romney's percent of the vote takes off and those of the others drop after about 7% of the votes are counted. Romney's percentage of precinct votes goes up (the upward slope of the green line) while those of the three other candidates decline.





The steady increase in Romney's percent of the vote and steady decline in Santorum's represents a statistical anomaly. In this case, the anomaly is amazing according to the researchers. They argue that the probability of this happening by chance alone is so small it exceeds the capability of statistical packages to handle. Their software says Romney's share of the vote, increasing with precinct size has zero probability of occurring by chance alone.

The significance of the Wisconsin analysis is of grave concern. Presuming the use of appropriate statistical measures and analysis, human intervention is the most likely available explanation.

Vote flipping gave Romney a 57,000-vote victory over Santorum in Wisconsin. Absent vote flipping, Santorum would have won over Romney by about 54,000 according the group's analysis.

Was Wisconsin the only state where Romney's share of the vote increased in this way as precinct size increased?


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We all need to send this to Maddow. Binders Keepers Oct 2012 #1
Hey, welcome to D.U. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #7
kick n/t southern_belle Oct 2012 #2
K gateley Oct 2012 #3
K&R silverweb Oct 2012 #4
Wonder of those votes were flipped by machines owned by Romney son and would-be beac Oct 2012 #5
Wisconsin did use the SEQ-AVC Edge II 5.0.24 voting machine siligut Oct 2012 #9
It was the "new lamps for old" (the old Aladdin con) that... mojowork_n Oct 2012 #12
May I also suggest you cross-post this in the Politics 2012 forum where it will beac Oct 2012 #6
I actually have to shut off this computer -- right now -- to go home. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #8
That graph is just not right. DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #10
I'm thinking of it this way.... mojowork_n Oct 2012 #11
My take on it is slightly different DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #15
You might be right. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #16
I do think you have to examine alternative explanations ThoughtCriminal Oct 2012 #13
This pattern showed up in *EVERY* other Republican primary. mojowork_n Oct 2012 #14
A poster already posted that there was a problem with the E-Ballot in Texas siligut Oct 2012 #17
Mojowork => Many thanks for posting this <= autorank Oct 2012 #18
Thank you Michael, your article is clear and persuasive siligut Oct 2012 #19
There is this article that a FaceBook friend posted along the same lines. livvy Oct 2012 #20
Spam deleted by NRaleighLiberal (MIR Team) TheNaimSadik Oct 2012 #21
Spam deleted by bluesbassman (MIR Team) NolanDvorak Dec 2012 #22
The pattern of major exit poll discrepancies began with the 1988 NH Republican primary Cliff Arnebeck Jan 2013 #23
Welcome to D.U. mojowork_n Jan 2013 #24
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