Reply #88: Uh, no. The discrepancies occurred in only SELECT precincts.

[IdaBriggs]

Go look at the numbers (I think they are still up on the website) at www.invisibleida.com -- you can pretty much tell where it happened. For example, some of the areas were DEMOCRATIC majority areas in 2000, but they "flipped" to REPUBLICAN controlled majority areas in 2004. (Its a miracle!) Meanwhile, precincts with similar demographics in the same city either stay the same, or follow the statewide trend (which is 76% increase in Kerry votes as compared to Bush vs Gore in 2000). The 24% of the state where the numbers "flip" and DON'T follow the trend have one big thing in common -- method of vote counting using optical scanning equipment.

In Ohio, the margin of victory for Bush was 10 votes per precinct. In New Hampshire, Kerry was nearly 18 points ahead according to the 4:00 p.m. poll; three hours later, he still won the state, but only by a little over 1%. Statistically, that means pretty much every single human being who voted in New Hampshire after 4:00 p.m. voted for Bush. If that makes sense to you, fine. Its still in the improbable realm for me.

In the meantime, no insult intended, but I don't want to discuss some of the other findings on a public message board at this point. :)