Reply #45: What, that they establish rBr as a plausible hypothesis? [View All]

[eomer]

If you think that is a big deal then I assume you are equally impressed that USCountVotes establishes election fraud as a plausible hypothesis.

I won't argue whether rBr is a plausible hypothesis because I don't see any need to. Let's stipulate that it is for the sake of argument. The relevant argument is this: there are two hypotheses - one that rBr occurred and the other that election fraud occurred. (As you mention, these are not mutually exclusive - both may have occurred to some extent.)

We should not tolerate an election system that does not provide enough transparency and verifiability to distinguish which of these hypotheses is correct. After all, we are talking about a swing of about 5.5%. Surely we can do better than that.

The conclusion I am arguing for is that further investigation is warranted. The fact of the discrepancy should be sufficient to win this argument. A serious investigation with subpoena power and a credibly non-partisan approach should be started and continue until hard facts are uncovered to explain the discrepancy.