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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (32220)	10/27/2004 9:08:20 AM
From: Selectric II	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

I read the first few pages, which show that he uses a model full of assumptions, including but not limited to votes for Senate. It's an old argument with more holes than an overvoted paper ballot, and has already been argued and put to rest. It's funny that he condemns a system as flawed that doesn't "warn" voters when they've voted for both candidates. Next, I imagine he'll call for a "warning" system for voters who have voted for someone not in their own party. lol The system of voting has two distinct elements: Intention + act. The "act" part is really very simple. If they didn't do the act, they haven't properly expressed their intention. Ambiguous acts, like overvoting, cannot be deciphered after the fact by looking at outside evidence and concocting models that can magnify small statistics into tens of thousands of votes. One simple change in the formula could swing things the other way.