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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: Rambi who wrote (69320)	11/10/2000 7:35:21 PM
From: JLIHAI	Read Replies (1) of 769670

The democrats don't just hope to pick up more votes by targeting democratic strongholds; it's almost a mathematical certainty. (For hand counts) My attempts at explaining this theoretically failed; so I'll try a hypothetical example. Let's say a given precinct has 30000 ballots. One in a hundred get tossed by the machine because the hole isn't punched sufficiently to be read. On this basis 300 get tossed. 29,700 get read. Candidate A outnumbers B 2:1 in the cards which were read Preliminary tally--- A 19800 B 9900 A leads B by 9900 The 300 cards that were tossed are examined to the point where the intent is clear. To no one's surprise the ratio of A to B is the same in the tossed cards; 2:1. A picks up 200 B picks up 100 New tally--- A 20000 B 10000 Net gain for A 100 votes. The margin has widened to 10000 from 9900. A few more precincts like that and before you know it 400 votes (net) have been added to candidate A. Candidate A is asked by one of his campaign workers why they didn't do this everywhere. His answer : Because in the precincts where my opponent was trouncing me, he would be the one gaining votes and my net gains would vanish. If I recount only the votes in the precincts I want, I can make the final count come out anyway I want. Jai

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