Reply #96: the statute specifies precinct number

[L. Coyote]

Of course, such things can be manipulated, by lumping 2 precincts, arbitrarily combining precincts at location w/o regard to number order, changing boundaries, etc. etc.

RE: "...The other is that when I started to look at precinct sequences for the Senate race in Cuya, they didn't seem to follow the same deterministic sequence as the presidential race. Mostly they alternated, but there were breaks in sequence...."

This is a good thing to use for probability sorting. In locations where we know a Kerry vote would be switched to Bush by cross-precinct voting, what happens to the Senate race in the same precinct?? This is the kind of probability sorting that may unravel the anomalous voting patterns in the SW counties. It could also be used in Cuyahoga for the K-B vote-switch precincts if the down-ticket races produce an opposite switch direction in some down-ticket races and a same direction in others.

There is so much that can be done, and still needs to be done. Don't wait on the Dems, go after them or Just Do It....