>In article <E7AC96207335D411B1E7009027FC2849F87098@EXCHANGE2>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Simon, Steve, PhD) wrote:
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[A list of statistical issues raised by the Fl election]
>If there were other important statistical issues raised by this
>election, let me know so I can add to this list.
>Steve Simon, [EMAIL PROTECTED],
You did a very good job summarizing many of the issues. Here are
two more:
* As Nicolas Hengartner of Yale testified in Judge Sauls' court, the
odds of having a ballot "thrown out" due to an undervote (or overvote)
is much higher in counties with punch card ballots. This lack of
independence holds apparently even when other major demographic factors
are incorporated. There are some counties that switched from punch
cards to optical scanners and the % of invalidated ballots dropped
tremendously during this election.
* There have been many statements in the press that in Fl and nationwide
that there is a lack of independence between optical scanning vs, punch
card systems and socio-economic status. This has been cited as evidence
of bias in estimating African-American and democratic voter preference.
--
Eugene D. Gallagher
ECOS, UMASS/Boston
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