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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:48 PM May 2016

I'd like to see a recount of Kentucky - just one state, really - to see the change in vote totals.

You have to know there are hundreds of "errors" made in the rush to slap together vote totals on election night and send the results to the officials. And by "errors", I mean shenanigans...

As I said in another post, it doesn't matter all that much in terms of delegates who wins a 50/50 race. But it *does* matter in terms of the psychological effects it has on easily-swayed, low-information voters.

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reformist2

(9,841 posts)
7. The results of all three are suspect. I would go with KY, it has the lowest population.
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:19 AM
May 2016

But we need a recount, if only to show everyone how these counts are done in the first place. This is something they *never* talk about. All we ever see are the "numbers coming in"... I'd like to see how that's done.

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
4. The errors tend to be in both directions in a recount
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:00 AM
May 2016

The margin wouldn't change much and it is as likely to get worse for one's favorite candidate as better.

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