Cuyahoga County Precincts - Revised! (Update at 4:53 PM Tuesday)

[Skinner]

Apparently, that mysterious web page over at ivillage has now changed. I wish I understood why the total number of votes reported from some precincts is greater than the number of registered voters. But apparently the nice people over at the Cuyahoga County elections office have explained this to the author's satisfaction.

I must admit, I'm totally stumped. :shrug:

Here is their explanation. You can see it for yourself if you go back to that web page.

Cuyahoga County Precincts - Revised!

Source: http://pages.ivillage.com/americans4america/id20.html

Ok - finally had a chance to figure this out. I apologize for any anxiety that went along with these numbers. It seems that data is useless without knowing how counties arrived at the numbers and this was a particularly tricky process.

There are redundant numbers when looking at what seem to be "extra" votes in various precincts. These redundant numbers represent the absentee ballots. Absentee ballots are added into several districts for unoffical counts, but do not go toward the county total more than once. It is quite tricky and confusing, but it makes sense now after talking with the county (they were quite nice).

I will play a little more with these numbers, just to fix this picture... but sometimes, things aren't what they seem. My sincere apologies - thank you to those who question the data - you are the ones who keep us credible.

Please refer to the Evidence page for information on exit polls versus reported numbers; silly democrats (those allegedly voting republican); and other issues that have made this past election so hotly debated. Do remember though, glitches HAVE been found and proven. Such as Franklin County, dropped votes because machines couldn't handle such large numbers, and other important issues that still need attention.

This isn't so much about who won (for me at least), as the process of voting (computers, op-scanners, etc).

If you wish to play with the numbers, here are some useful links:

http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/BOE/results/currentresults1.htm

http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/BOE/results/history/2004/EL52.TXT

http://boe.cuyahogacounty.us/BOE/results/EL45.txt