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Election Reform

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Kip Humphrey

(4,753 posts)
Tue May 3, 2016, 07:06 PM May 2016

The vote reporting appears to be irregular by being too regular, suggesting the running of an [View all]

Last edited Tue May 3, 2016, 11:17 PM - Edit history (14)

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as the vote approaches 50%/50%, the vote reports out as

(50% +.4%, 50% -.4%)
(50% +.7%, 50% -.7%)
(50% +.9%, 50% -.9%)
Update:
(50% +1.9%,50%-1.9%)
(50% +1.8%,50%-1.8%)
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(50% +1.9%,50%-1.9%)
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(50% +2.1%,50%-2.1%)
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(50% +2.2%,50%-2.2%)
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(50% +2.3%,50%-2.3%)
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(50% +2.4%,50%-2.4%)
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(50% +2.5%,50%-2.5%)
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(50% +2.7%,50%-2.7%)
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(50% +2.8%,50%-2.8%)
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(50% +2.9%,50%-2.9%)
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(50% +3.0%,50%-3.0%)
Update: anyone see a pattern here yet? a smoothing algorithm is running.
(50% +3.1%,50%-3.1%)
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(50% +3.2%,50%-3.2%)
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(50% +3.3%,50%-3.3%)
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(50% +3.2%,50%-3.2%)
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(50% +3.3%,50%-3.3%)
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(50% +2.9%,50%-2.9%)
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(50% +3.1%,50%-3.1%)
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(50% +2.7%,50%-2.7%)
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(50% +2.4%,50%-2.4%)
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(50% +2.4%,50%-2.4%)
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(50% +2.5%,50%-2.5%)

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