Reply #62: Adding up the numbers for the presidential race.

[thanatonautos]

Summed over both precincts.

Official Tally:

Bush: 1121 Kerry: 715. plurality: +406 (Bush). ballots: 1848

Inspection Tally:

Bush: 1064 Kerry: 678. plurality: +386 (Bush). ballots: 1752

Differences:

Bush: -57 Kerry: -37. plurality: -20 (Bush). ballots: -96

Comments:

These are big shifts relative to total numbers
of votes.

Overall Bush had 20 extra votes in the official
count out of a plurality of 406, thus exaggerating
his margin by 4.93%.

Overvote and undervotes look reasonably small,
though there is a pickup of one extra undervote in
the inspection tally, and of 9 undervotes in one
of the downticket races.

It looks as if the official counts have been
exaggerated on both sides, so as to benefit Bush.
It would be very interesting to look at the
signatures on the precinct rolls.

Question:

Where are the additional 96 ballots which were
in the official tally?

Haven't looked at the downticket races yet,
though nothing stands out at first glance.

Needs further investigation. Recount Florida!