Re: Proportionate vs. disproportionate

2002-01-11 Thread Bert Bishop
Perhaps it's just a matter of getting a meaningful denominator. Certainly the 100% of each group which the Gallop presentation uses seems to do violence to the concept of proportional. As Elliot Cramer writes it also doesn't make much sense to use the percent approval before 9/11. But isn't it

Re: manual recount - of punched ballots

2000-11-14 Thread Bert Bishop
Thom Baguley wrote: I fail to see how the punch card improves on this (IMO it is worse because you simply can not fold it - or it won't go through the machine). Thom The punch card is put into a folder concealing the punches. Folder and card are deposited into the ballot box.