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philb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-01-06 06:01 AM
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What were some close Congressional races in various states; I believe some were swung by manipulatio
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n and that its possible to usually find evidence of it by citizens audits and followup serious audits,
based on having compiled EIRS voter reported irregularities to hotlines for 2004 and 2006.

Clint Curtis and a couple of other candidates are doing followup audits in Florida and may challenge some more
races in Florida other than the Sarasota race. Florida had several other close congressional races where underfunded
challengers came close in the official counts. And a couple of well funded challengers who lost in close races I'm even more suspicious about. I'm sure there were close races out there in other states that might have been swung by manipulation or voter suppression manipulation.
What is a comprehensive source of election results in Congressional races?
There might also have been some manipulation in close statewide state races that simple checks might find something unusual, like high undervotes or more votes than voters, stuffing the ballot box.

The EIRS data and other reports is a data base that can give a clue as to possible manipulation.
Likewise checking the county SOE election results for undervotes and relationship of number of voters signing the books to
number of official votes should always be done in close suspicious races, which most close races are these days.

Absentees have also historically been used a lot to swing elections, and should be checked.
Likewise provisionals.

Comparing percents in absentees vs early voting vs regular voting can also often find unususual patterns


an example of a race that should have been audited before concession is the Lois Murphy congressional race, where she was leading according to all polls but was narrowly defeated according to "official counts". She apparently conceded as soon as the official results were announced, without any audit and before provisionals were even looked at. Very strange behaviour to me, for someone who had gone through a big effort to compete for the race, and should have been aware of the large amount of "glitches" and manipulation that has occured in recent elections.


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