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4lbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-17-09 05:11 AM
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9. Please explain several things if you believe that.
Edited on Wed Jun-17-09 05:24 AM by 4lbs
1.) How they could count 40 million hand-written ballots in just a few hours.

Iran doesn't use fill-in-the-bubble-with-a-pencil scantron forms or punch card butterfly ballots. A voter there must WRITE the name of the candidate they want, along with a candidate number, and another code number.

It takes each state in the U.S. about 48 hours to count and verify all their votes in a general election. Yet, Iran announced preliminary results just 10 minutes after polls closed, and full results about 4 hours later. What advanced technology does Iran possess that allows them to count hand-written ballots 1200% faster than experienced U.S. election officials who are often just passing electronic scantron forms or punch cards read by optical computer here in America? So, somehow in Iran a human can count votes much faster than a computer?



2.) How the incumbent completely demolished each of his challengers in their hometowns.

He beat them 90% to 10% on average in their home areas! That would be like Obama beating McCain 90% to 10% in Arizona! Or McCain beating Obama by that margin in Illinois! Did Bush beat Kerry 90% to 10% in Massachussetts in 2004? Did Bush beat Gore 90% to 10% in Tennessee in 2000? Nope.

Even when Reagan demolished Mondale, electorally in 1984, Mondale still won his home state of Minnesota.
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     - Here are some more polls you can choose from...  Turborama   Jun-17-09 04:04 AM   #8 
     - Please explain several things if you believe that.  4lbs   Jun-17-09 05:11 AM   #9 
     - What shoddy disinformation! I'd say welcome aboard, but I see you have been here for  MADem   Jun-17-09 02:46 PM   #11 
        - Well noticed, I wonder what/when the other post was...? Edit: found it  Turborama   Jun-17-09 02:48 PM   #12 
           - I think that  MADem   Jun-17-09 09:37 PM   #13 
 

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