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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 11:42 AM
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THE GRAPH: Red Shift vs. State Machine % Mix vs. Reported Problems
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 12:33 PM by TruthIsAll
Lots of colors.

And maybe a few clues as to where, what and how it was done.

How too read the graph (sorted left to right) by Red shift deviations from Kerry to Bush. Negative shift is Kerry to Bush (41 states); positive shift is Bush to Kerry (10 states):

1- The Red Shift to Bush (41 states) is the big Blue area.
Ten states at the right shiftwed to Kerry.

2- The Triangular spikes represent where machine problems were reported. The higher the spike, the greater the relative problem frequency per state voter population. LA had the highest reported machine problem rate.

3- The multicolored area represents the mix of voting machines used in the states, expressed as fractions. As a Check, see that they sum to ONE.

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yurbud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:15 PM
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1. I wish I could figure out what the hell it's a clue OF
I think something hanky panky happened election day, but the problem with getting everybody else to believe it is the problem I'm having with your graph--I'm too stupid to figure out what it means or even how to read it.
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PATRICK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:25 PM
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2. The first step isn't clear enough
the proof they won't let us get near, the fight is too scattered and fragile to obtain evidence. Result, lost in the murk the inane memes of the media continue just as they did in backing the Warren Commission.

There is no automatic legal recourse or accountability and no party full court press(to say the very least) to back up the shreds of rationality and protest.

Our Berlin Wall. Keep chipping away.
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regularjoe Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:26 PM
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3. Cool....but confusing. And yes, lots of colors. What do you call
that kind of graph?

regularjoe
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 12:34 PM
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4. It's an Area graph. This is how to read the SNAKE...
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 12:54 PM by TruthIsAll
Here is how to read the graph:
Like many of the earliers ones, its sorted left to right by Red shift deviations from Kerry to Bush. A negative shift is Kerry to Bush (41 states); a positive shift is Bush to Kerry (10 states):

1- The Red Shift to Bush (41 states) is the big Blue area.
The 10 states at the right shifted to Kerry.

2- The Triangular spikes represent the states where machine problems were reported. The higher the spike, the greater the relative problem frequency based on state voter population. Louisiana (LA) had the highest reported machine problem rate.

3- The multicolored area represents the mix of voting machines used in the states, expressed as fractions. As a Check, see that they sum to ONE.

Most problems occurred in states with high minority populations.
NY, OH, FL, NM, LA and of course, DC.

Deviations occurred across the board, regardless of machine type (touch screens, Optiscans, punched cards, levers, etc.)

Like FL 2000, Democrats left the voting booth thinking their votes were counted and informed the exit pollsters they voted for Kerry, not aware that they were switched (Touchscreens), not countd (spoiled punch cards), or otherwise invalidated.
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regularjoe Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:09 AM
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8. I'd just like to point out that punch cards ballots don't have to be
spoiled to be invalidated. Punchcards are counted by computers just like most ballots (I don't know of any that aren't counted with computers). So the paper version could be just fine and the computer could say whatever it wants and no one would know without comparing. Also, I think that Touchscreens and Opticalscans ballots often use the same tabulator software at the county level. Computers can be used to steal all kinds of votes.

regularjoe
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 01:48 AM
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9. Punched cards can be spoiled (mechanical/human) or mistabulated
Yes, whatever democratic votes which are not spoiled at the source can always be mistabulated by the counting software.

There are many ways to skin a cat. Infinite, actually.
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 08:35 PM
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5. The pointed scales on the snake are the states where machine error was
Edited on Sun Dec-19-04 08:41 PM by TruthIsAll
prevalent; the higher the scale, the greater the error.
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bemis12 Donating Member (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 08:37 PM
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6. Umm real nice
Can you make it twirl and spin?
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-19-04 08:42 PM
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7. Yes, and I can sig it on you, too.
tia
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TruthIsAll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-20-04 10:19 AM
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10. Monday AM kick
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