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I say, old chap, you forgot the "u" in "colour."
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Daily Blah for... Sunday, November 07, 2004
You Want Numbers? I Got Your Numbers Right Here, Bub
The official tallies are coming in from Florida, and they make for queasy reading.
In six Florida counties, the votes for Bush and the votes for Kerry add up to more than the total reported turnout -- a total of 188,000 voters over reported turnout. Someone has been voting early, often and electronically.
Also there's the mysterious case of the defecting Democrats. Mysterious, because they seem to have defected to Bush in larger numbers in 29 Florida counties that use Diebold optical scan machines to tabulate results.
Take a look at just five:
In Calhoun County, 82% of the registered voters are Democrats. But Diebold said 63% of the county voted for Bush.
In Lafayette County, 83% of voters are Democrats, but Diebold said 74% voted for Bush.
In Liberty County, 88% of voters are Democrats, but Diebold said 64% voted for Bush.
In Suwanee County, 64% of voteres are Democrats, but Diebold said 71% voted for Bush.
We did not see anything like that kind of swing to Democrats state-wide or nationally. Not even in the most lopsided Southern states (at least, not the ones using Diebold and ES&S machines).
I know. You don't want to have to think about this any more than I do. But it appears that either the machines have (finally) become sentient and are voting for Bush, or they're getting an assist from one or more humans.
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