Some numbers to chew on...

[AnIndependentTexan]

posted at Kerry/Edwards online forum by JimMcElroy

http://forum.johnkerry.com/index.php?showtopic=112506&hl=

Bush supposedly won the popular vote by roughly 3%.

Kerry was projected by Zogby, Harris, and the exit polls to win the popular vote by about 2%.

This makes a difference of 5% over the projections and the "actual" vote.

30% of the voting machines in this election were paperless voting machines. If major fraud was committed, that is were it happened, in my opinion.

Now, how many votes would you have to change in the paperless voting machines to affect a 5% shift in the overall vote tally?

Here is the equation:

x / 30% = 5% / 100%

x = (30% * 5%) / 100%

x = 15%

Now, in reality, each vote changed represents a 2 vote shift! For example, if I switch one vote from Kerry to Bush, that represents a 2 vote shift in favor of Bush.

So the actual number of votes you need to change is 1/2 of 15%, or 7.5%.

7.5% -- one vote in 13 (actually 13 1/3) needs to be shifted.

ONE VOTE IN 13 -- THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.