Reply #9: The UScountvotes.org group--which includes NINE PH.D.'S from leading...

[Peace Patriot]

...universities--also found a large, unexplained skew toward Bush at the precinct level in electronic voting vs. paper ballot--a skew that has been confirmed by other reports--the U.C. Berkeley report on Florida, and the democraticunderground.com/North Carolina report.

The U.C. Berkeley report found 130,000 to 260,000 phantom votes for Bush in Florida's three largest Democratic counties (Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach), paper vs. electronic: Dr. Michael Haut & UC Berkeley stats team: http://ucdata.berkeley.edu

The DU report on No. Carolina found a 9% skew to Bush in electronic voting (vs. absentee/early voting--Bush had a 15% margin in electronic vs. a 6% margin in the other third of the vote, with a 12% margin overall), a skew that also affected the Bowles/Burr Senate race (Democrat Bowles lost, inexplicably). Although Kerry probably lost NC, he didn't lose it by 12%! And therein lies the tale of this election: Manufacturing and padding of Bush's popular vote all over the country, even in places where it wasn't necessary to win the state (to get the Electoral vote), as in NC, and probably even in places where Kerry had a big lead.

Democratic Underground (ignatzmouse): North Carolina
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x45003
(also at:) http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/11/12/233831/06

The list grows long, of Ph.D.'s putting their reputations on the line over this matter:

UScountvotes.org:

Josh Mitteldorf, Ph.D. - Temple University Statistics Department
Kathy Dopp, MS in mathematics - USCountVotes, President
Steven F. Freeman, PhD - Center for Organizational Dynamics, University of Pennsylvania
Brian Joiner, PhD - Prof. of Statistics and Director of Statistical Consulting (ret), University of Wisconsin
Frank Stenger, PhD in mathematics - School of Computing, University of Utah
Richard G. Sheehan, PhD - Department of Finance, University of Notre Dame
Elizabeth Liddle, MA - (UK) PhD candidate at the University of Nottingham Paul F. Velleman, Ph.D. - Department of Statistical Sciences, Cornell University
Victoria Lovegren, Ph.D. - Department of Mathematics, Case Western Reserve University
Campbell B. Read, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Statistical Science, Southern Methodist University
Also Peer Reviewed by USCountVotes’ core group of statisticians and independent reviewers.

Also:

Dr. Steven Freeman ( 2 reports): http://www.appliedresearch.us/sf/epdiscrep.htm
Dr. Ron Baiman: http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2004/997
Dr. Webb Mealy: http://www.selftest.net/redshift.htm
Dr. Michael Haut & UC Berkeley stats team: http://ucdata.berkeley.edu
Johns Hopkins report on insecurity of electronic voting:
http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00196.htm#5

And I'm sure this ain't the half of it--just the ones I know about and have read.