On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Ryan Ware wrote: >> (See, for example, "Evidence Mounts That The Vote May Have Been Hacked" >> http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1106-30.htm ) >> From the article > ""This was no mere mistake. Exit polls cannot be as wrong across the > board as they were on election night." The final exit-poll counts matched very closely with the official vote counts in Florida, in other states, and at a national level. Look on CNN.com for exit poll results and you will see what I mean. > Why so much stock in exit polls? They give us a way to check on the validity of the official vote counts. This is important, and it is done all over the world. > People can lie. Pollsters can lie. So can election officials. With exit polling, both election officials and pollsters have to tell the same lie or a discrepancy will be noticed which will leave the results in question. How do you recommend that lying be detected without exit polling? > Personally I believe no exit polling should be allowed at all. Or if it > is, it may not be broadcast until after the polls have closed across the > entire country. Do you think the results from one state affect voter choices in another state? I don't think that is an important issue, but I have no objection to withholding results for a few hours or a day. I do think that exit polling is needed if we are to trust election results. > "I suspect foul play." So do I, but from different people than the > articles author. What do you suspect? Mike _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list