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From: Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu (Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu) Subject: University Researchers Challenge Bush Win In Florida On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 22:41:07 CST, Paul Schmehl said: > I'm no mathematician, but I suspect the probability of this is somewhere > slightly south of null. Do you have any concept of how elections are run? > In *many* states each *county* determines the ballot type and layout, the > voting machines used, etc., etc. Merely to calculate the odds and determine > the proper order of the ballot would be an astronomical task, and *then* > you'd have to convince the election board in each county, *including* those > controlled by the opposing party, to design the ballot the way *you* wanted > it designed. So when Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida, appoints a State Commissioner of Elections, and drops a hint or two, there's NO way for said Commissioner to make sure that things happen the way Jeb's brother wants them to happen? Simply issuing an edict that candidates shall be listed alphabetically (and leaving the rest to the slight "first candidate listed" bias) would suffice unless the Democrats fielded somebody who's name started with 'A'.... Might want to study up a bit - political machines from Boss Tweed to Richard Daley have had absolutely *no* problems in getting the ballot to go the way they wanted.... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 226 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/attachments/20041124/cc1e11a4/attachment.bin
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