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Showing Original Post only (View all)WSU statistician sues seeking Kansas voting machine paper tapes [View all]
http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article17139890.htmlA statistician at Wichita (Kansas) State University is seeing the same unexplained skew for Republican candidates in Kansas's last election as Francois Choquette and James Johnson found in 2008 and 2012.
The pattern is bizarrely consistent--as the size of the precinct increases, the skew from Democratic to Republican vote increases. This would be a logical effect of a vote flipping algorithm. For instance, if small precincts flipped too many votes, they might end up with a zero or negative vote total, which would be proof positive of election fraud. Much less dangerous is flipping more votes in districts with more votes cast.
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"A Wichita State University mathematician sued the top Kansas election official Wednesday, seeking paper tapes from electronic voting machines in an effort to explain statistical anomalies favoring Republicans in counts coming from large precincts across the country.
"Beth Clarkson, chief statistician for the universitys National Institute for Aviation Research, filed the open records lawsuit in Sedgwick County District Court as part of her personal quest to find the answer to an unexplained pattern that transcends elections and states. The lawsuit was amended Wednesday to name Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Sedgwick County Elections Commissioner Tabitha Lehman.
"Clarkson, a certified quality engineer with a Ph.D. in statistics, said she has analyzed election returns in Kansas and elsewhere over several elections that indicate a statistically significant pattern where the percentage of Republican votes increase the larger the size of the precinct."
The biggest cities in the state, Kansas City (Kansas), Lawrence and Wichita, have bigger precincts and normally vote MORE DEMOCRATIC. To find that they vote more Republican compared to smaller districts shows that something really unusual and unexplained is occurring.
See also http://madisonvoices.com/pdffiles/2008_2012_ElectionsResultsAnomaliesAndAnalysis_V1.5.pdf
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Damansarajaya
Apr 2015
OP
Yes. I am quite aware...and Stalin said elections are won not by those who vote
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#13
How about Bush V Gore? How about the Palm Beach vote where they had Pat Bucchan
Maraya1969
Apr 2015
#66
I just read the whole document. She found it in lots of states, but only in elections
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#26
Good question. I have no idea. As an aside, the person suing isn't the one who did the initial report.
pnwmom
Apr 2015
#29
actually the guys that did the first report were ron paul supporters
questionseverything
Apr 2015
#61
Image URL: http://voteforthepresidentonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/voting-machine.jpeg
blkmusclmachine
Apr 2015
#7
people will never admit who they voted for, and asking them is clear voter intimidation.
Takket
Apr 2015
#25
Especially now. I don't know anyone in Kansas who will admit voting for Brownback.
tridim
Apr 2015
#48
In Dane Co WI they compared how voters votes for Walker with their vote for a referendum
HereSince1628
Apr 2015
#37