On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:12:07 -0600 (CST), Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > 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? Sorry, only votes are counted. The constitution makes no provision for exit polls. > > > > 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? I don't trust pollsters to be unbiased. > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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