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Sunday, November 07, 2004
Electronic voting - way of the future?
So Bush won the election.
It's a shame. It's more than a shame.
The race was incredibly close, too close to call for most of the last few weeks, neck and neck. On the night, exit polling indicated a slight Kerry lead, which (in)famously led Bob Worcester from MORI to predict a Kerry win at 2am on ITV. 'I'm Bob Worcester, it's 2am, and I am calling it - it's PRESIDENT KERRY!'
This didn't happen - Ohio, which was predicted to be a narrow Kerry win became a narrow Bush win instead. And the rest is history.
The exit polls were embarrassingly wrong. Or were they? There's an interesting analysis of the percentage of ballots which simply weren't counted in Ohio (and the other states) by Greg Palast here http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php
Also see this report for electronic voting shenanigans in Ohio
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/voting.problems.ap/index.html
It's a shame. It's more than a shame.
The race was incredibly close, too close to call for most of the last few weeks, neck and neck. On the night, exit polling indicated a slight Kerry lead, which (in)famously led Bob Worcester from MORI to predict a Kerry win at 2am on ITV. 'I'm Bob Worcester, it's 2am, and I am calling it - it's PRESIDENT KERRY!'
This didn't happen - Ohio, which was predicted to be a narrow Kerry win became a narrow Bush win instead. And the rest is history.
The exit polls were embarrassingly wrong. Or were they? There's an interesting analysis of the percentage of ballots which simply weren't counted in Ohio (and the other states) by Greg Palast here http://www.tompaine.com/articles/kerry_won_.php
Also see this report for electronic voting shenanigans in Ohio
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/voting.problems.ap/index.html
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