Reply #47: I know, but...

[mgr]

Don't get me wrong I definitely do not consider these maps GIGO, but I had reviewed the record of complaints some time ago.

What constitutes anecdotal is an individual account of a phenomena that may be subject to different interpretations based upon one's viewpoint. Waiting in line is just that. Of course if all voters agree that they waited in line for an unconscionable period of time, that is a different matter. However, you would have to prove that with affidavits.

The number of machines gets at a qualitative basis, by which one may compare precincts that is not subjective. If it takes five minutes to get through the 100 or so ballot choices, and you have only three machines, the number of voters accessible to the machines can be quantified, and compared to the number of registered voters, and to the poll book.

As another point, I do not recall any complaints that the lines were so long that someone did not vote. All that I have seen is second hand accounts.

Again we are pressed against the fact that information now has to be gotten in the field, and it may take a different type of researcher/volunteer/grunt than members of DU. If this were California I'd be your foot soldier, but its not.

Mike