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2016 Postmortem

JimDandy

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8. So PAUL T. FARRELL, JR., a presidential candidate is supposedly pulling about 9% of the votes!

Reply to JimDandy (Original post)

Tue May 10, 2016, 10:45 PM

May 2016

Weird. But touch screens are being used and they have been notorious for calibration errors that have tossed votes to a candidate whose name appeared on screen next to the one the voter actually wanted.

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Anyone else find it bizarre that the *other*(?) vote in WV has remained steady at about 10% [View all] JimDandy May 2016 OP

I'm trying to figure this out. Trump supporters? Barack_America May 2016 #1

Only if there is a write-in space on the WV ballots. Someone from WV can you answer this? JimDandy May 2016 #3

Bookmarked until I try to discern. nt silvershadow May 2016 #2

It's a puzzle. Is this even statistically probable to maintain a steady *other* percent? JimDandy May 2016 #4

Could this be the spoilage rate? JimDandy May 2016 #5

Not sure why that would end up in the vote totals...? nt silvershadow May 2016 #6

Spoilage of ballots only in the presidential race could occur and be included in the totals JimDandy May 2016 #7

So PAUL T. FARRELL, JR., a presidential candidate is supposedly pulling about 9% of the votes! JimDandy May 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #10

This is the lunatic state where a prison inmate lost to Obama in 2012, 60-40 Tarc May 2016 #9