[reality101] House Dems ask for vote check---Surprising Pattern of Florida's Election Results

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November 6, 2004
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House Dems ask GAO to investigate voting machines [It has began] (post by lawnorder on dailykos.com)

The Honorable David M. Walker
Comptroller General of the United States
U.S. General Accountability Office

Dear Mr. Walker:
We write with an urgent request that the Government Accountability Office immediately undertake an investigation of the efficacy of voting machines and new technologies used in the 2004 election, how election officials responded to difficulties they encountered and what we can do in the future to improve our election systems and administration...

Sincerely,
John Conyers, Jr. Jerrold Nadler, and Robert Wexler
House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on the Constitution

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http://ustogether.org/Florida_Election.htm

Surprising Pattern of Florida's Election Results

Look at the Percent Change columns
Explanation, Sources, and Graphical Plots are Below the Chart
Voting Machine Type by County 2004
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COUNTY	Voting Machine		PERCENT CHANGE		ACTUAL RESULTS			REGISTERED			EXPECTED_VOTES		Turnout
COUNTY	Voting Machine	vendor	REP	DEM	REP	DEM	TOTAL_VOTES	%REP	%DEM	TOT_REG	REP	DEM	Turnout
Broward	E-Touch	ES&S	28.6%	27.5%	236,794	441,733	686,715	26.8%	50.5%	1,058,069	184,152	346,565	64.9%
Charlotte	E-Touch	ES&S	24.0%	34.6%	44,402	34,227	79,730	44.9%	31.9%	113,808	35,806	25,435	70.1%
Collier	E-Touch	ES&S	22.4%	40.0%	82,493	43,277	126,916	53.1%	24.4%	168,673	67,388	30,912	75.2%
Hillsborough	E-Touch	Sequoia	51.2%	11.0%	241,630	210,892	455,970	35.1%	41.7%	621,201	159,843	190,023	73.4%
Indian River	E-Touch	Sequoia	17.3%	30.0%	36,744	23,850	61,087	51.3%	30.0%	81,643	31,325	18,343	74.8%
Lake	E-Touch	ES&S	26.7%	13.6%	73,971	47,963	123,269	47.4%	34.3%	161,269	58,388	42,237	76.4%
Lee	E-Touch	ES&S	24.2%	33.7%	114,153	76,874	193,326	47.5%	29.7%	304,937	91,895	57,513	63.4%
Martin	E-Touch	ES&S	8.8%	51.5%	41,303	30,149	72,334	52.5%	27.5%	98,857	37,953	19,905	73.2%
Miami-Dade	E-Touch	ES&S	31.6%	25.4%	326,362	383,032	713,022	34.8%	42.8%	1,058,801	248,045	305,486	67.3%
Nassau	E-Touch	ES&S	48.0%	-28.9%	23,726	8,543	32,656	49.1%	36.8%	41,353	16,031	12,017	79.0%
Palm Beach	E-Touch	Sequoia	20.4%	34.8%	174,233	275,030	452,061	32.0%	45.1%	729,575	144,679	204,000	62.0%
Pasco	E-Touch	ES&S	34.8%	18.9%	103,195	84,729	190,861	40.1%	37.3%	265,974	76,531	71,237	71.8%
Pinellas	E-Touch	Sequoia	26.5%	30.8%	222,630	222,103	448,875	39.2%	37.8%	590,989	175,947	169,789	76.0%
Sarasota	E-Touch	ES&S	11.6%	45.0%	104,446	88,225	195,183	47.9%	31.2%	240,592	93,552	60,833	81.1%
Sumter	E-Touch	ES&S	42.9%	-10.9%	19,794	11,583	31,835	43.5%	40.8%	40,523	13,851	13,004	78.6%
					1,845,876	1,982,210	3,863,840			5,576,264	1,435,385	1,567,297	69.3%
											410,491	414,913

COUNTY	Voting Machine		PERCENT CHANGE		ACTUAL RESULTS			REGISTERED			EXPECTED_VOTES		Turnout
COUNTY	Voting Machine	vendor	REP	DEM	REP	DEM	TOTAL_VOTES	%REP	%DEM	TOT_REG	REP	DEM	Turnout
Alachua	Op-Scan	Diebold	54.2%	11.1%	47,615	62,348	111,022	27.8%	50.5%	142,358	30,887	56,111	78.0%
Baker	Op-Scan	Sequoia	220.4%	-68.4%	7,738	2,180	9,955	24.3%	69.3%	12,887	2,415	6,895	77.2%
Bay	Op-Scan	ES&S	61.1%	-28.3%	53,305	21,034	74,890	44.2%	39.2%	101,315	33,079	29,351	73.9%
Bradford	Op-Scan	ES&S	145.8%	-51.3%	7,553	3,244	10,851	28.3%	61.4%	14,721	3,072	6,663	73.7%
Brevard	Op-Scan	Diebold	28.7%	13.7%	152,838	110,153	265,075	44.8%	36.5%	338,195	118,772	96,860	78.4%
Calhoun	Op-Scan	Diebold	433.2%	-56.9%	3,780	2,116	5,961	11.9%	82.4%	8,350	709	4,911	71.4%
Citrus	Op-Scan	Diebold	37.1%	8.3%	39,496	29,271	69,457	41.5%	38.9%	90,780	28,809	27,039	76.5%
Clay	Op-Scan	ES&S	34.7%	-9.2%	61,813	18,887	81,144	56.5%	25.6%	106,464	45,877	20,794	76.2%
Columbia	Op-Scan	Diebold	114.1%	-43.1%	16,753	8,029	24,984	31.3%	56.5%	34,282	7,825	14,119	72.9%
DeSoto	Op-Scan	Diebold	128.4%	-30.6%	5,510	3,910	9,493	25.4%	59.3%	14,901	2,413	5,630	63.7%
Dixie	Op-Scan	Diebold	358.1%	-60.7%	4,433	1,959	6,440	15.0%	77.5%	9,676	968	4,988	66.6%
Duval	Op-Scan	Diebold	56.5%	-9.9%	218,476	157,624	378,330	36.9%	46.2%	515,202	139,605	174,965	73.4%
Escambia	Op-Scan	ES&S	49.1%	-17.1%	93,311	48,207	142,895	43.8%	40.7%	189,833	62,602	58,149	75.3%
Flagler	Op-Scan	Diebold	25.2%	26.6%	19,624	18,563	38,455	40.7%	38.1%	47,068	15,669	14,657	81.7%
Franklin	Op-Scan	ES&S	268.1%	-47.7%	3,472	2,400	5,930	15.9%	77.3%	7,620	943	4,586	77.8%
Gadsden	Op-Scan	ES&S	165.7%	-15.8%	6,236	14,610	20,948	11.2%	82.9%	26,884	2,347	17,361	77.9%
Gilchrist	Op-Scan	Diebold	131.2%	-50.9%	4,930	2,015	7,007	30.4%	58.6%	9,035	2,133	4,106	77.6%
Glades	Op-Scan	Diebold	132.8%	-35.6%	1,983	1,434	3,434	24.8%	64.8%	5,963	852	2,227	57.6%
Gulf	Op-Scan	ES&S	148.8%	-50.8%	4,797	2,398	7,259	26.6%	67.1%	9,627	1,928	4,874	75.4%
Hamilton	Op-Scan	ES&S	268.9%	-43.6%	2,786	2,252	5,065	14.9%	78.9%	7,645	755	3,994	66.3%
Hardee	Op-Scan	Diebold	160.7%	-53.5%	5,047	2,147	7,245	26.7%	63.8%	10,399	1,936	4,619	69.7%
Hendry	Op-Scan	ES&S	91.3%	-28.3%	5,756	3,960	9,774	30.8%	56.5%	17,144	3,010	5,523	57.0%
Hernando	Op-Scan	Diebold	28.2%	19.0%	40,137	35,006	75,832	41.3%	38.8%	109,656	31,303	29,428	69.2%
Highlands	Op-Scan	ES&S	36.7%	-3.1%	20,475	12,986	33,687	44.5%	39.8%	60,176	14,976	13,401	56.0%
Holmes	Op-Scan	ES&S	261.9%	-70.0%	6,410	1,810	8,298	21.3%	72.7%	10,982	1,771	6,036	75.6%
Jackson	Op-Scan	ES&S	178.7%	-46.7%	12,092	7,529	19,750	22.0%	71.5%	27,138	4,339	14,127	72.8%
Jefferson	Op-Scan	Diebold	112.7%	-23.6%	3,298	4,134	7,477	20.7%	72.3%	9,300	1,551	5,408	80.4%
Lafayette	Op-Scan	ES&S	459.3%	-69.3%	2,460	845	3,325	13.2%	82.8%	4,309	440	2,755	77.2%
Leon	Op-Scan	Diebold	40.2%	8.7%	47,902	79,591	128,316	26.6%	57.1%	171,182	34,165	73,214	75.0%
Levy	Op-Scan	Diebold	126.5%	-38.9%	10,408	6,073	16,649	27.6%	59.7%	22,617	4,594	9,940	73.6%
Liberty	Op-Scan	ES&S	712.3%	-59.9%	1,927	1,070	3,021	7.9%	88.3%	4,075	237	2,667	74.1%
Madison	Op-Scan	Diebold	238.8%	-38.7%	4,195	4,048	8,306	14.9%	79.5%	11,371	1,238	6,605	73.0%
Manatee	Op-Scan	Diebold	28.0%	29.1%	81,237	61,193	143,469	44.3%	33.0%	191,635	63,489	47,394	74.9%
Marion	Op-Scan	ES&S	34.8%	3.2%	81,235	57,225	139,581	43.2%	39.7%	184,257	60,279	55,427	75.8%
Monroe	Op-Scan	Diebold	27.3%	37.6%	19,457	19,646	39,517	38.7%	36.1%	51,377	15,286	14,278	76.9%
Okaloosa	Op-Scan	Diebold	35.8%	-12.7%	69,320	19,276	89,288	57.2%	24.7%	127,455	51,059	22,085	70.1%
Okeechobee	Op-Scan	Diebold	92.6%	-27.7%	6,975	5,150	12,184	29.7%	58.5%	18,627	3,622	7,124	65.4%
Orange	Op-Scan	ES&S	41.5%	23.9%	191,389	192,030	385,547	35.1%	40.2%	531,774	135,299	154,938	72.5%
Osceola	Op-Scan	Diebold	57.7%	18.8%	32,812	30,295	63,440	32.8%	40.2%	129,487	20,804	25,508	49.0%
Polk	Op-Scan	Diebold	50.4%	-4.2%	123,457	85,923	210,642	39.0%	42.6%	295,742	82,059	89,651	71.2%
Putnam	Op-Scan	Diebold	110.6%	-30.6%	18,303	12,407	30,960	28.1%	57.7%	45,344	8,690	17,878	68.3%
Santa Rosa	Op-Scan	ES&S	38.4%	-22.5%	51,952	14,635	67,175	55.9%	28.1%	96,359	37,543	18,880	69.7%
Seminole	Op-Scan	Diebold	30.2%	27.9%	107,913	76,802	185,762	44.6%	32.3%	241,230	82,869	60,037	77.0%
St.Johns	Op-Scan	Diebold	28.7%	8.0%	58,802	26,215	85,699	53.3%	28.3%	109,635	45,678	24,272	78.2%
St.Lucie	Op-Scan	Diebold	28.6%	26.5%	38,919	43,367	82,798	36.6%	41.4%	137,951	30,272	34,288	60.0%
Suwannee	Op-Scan	ES&S	163.1%	-55.0%	11,145	4,513	15,785	26.8%	63.6%	21,930	4,236	10,035	72.0%
Taylor	Op-Scan	Diebold	237.1%	-53.0%	5,466	3,049	8,580	18.9%	75.6%	11,481	1,622	6,486	74.7%
Union	Op-Scan	ES&S	297.4%	-64.5%	3,396	1,251	4,675	18.3%	75.5%	7,063	855	3,529	66.2%
Volusia	Op-Scan	Diebold	33.8%	25.7%	100,209	106,853	208,410	35.9%	40.8%	309,930	74,891	85,000	67.2%
Wakulla	Op-Scan	Diebold	137.8%	-37.7%	6,777	4,896	11,763	24.2%	66.9%	15,396	2,850	7,864	76.4%
Walton	Op-Scan	Diebold	46.2%	-29.5%	17,526	6,205	23,939	50.1%	36.8%	32,777	11,987	8,802	73.0%
Washington	Op-Scan	Diebold	179.6%	-58.1%	7,367	2,911	10,363	25.4%	67.0%	14,421	2,634	6,947	71.9%
					1,950,213	1,445,675	3,419,852			4,725,026	1,337,242	1,432,425
					0.4583847	0.0092501					612,971	13,250

Note: These numbers were calculated when the Florida vote was 98.6% in.

Explanation of What these numbers are, and how they were calculated:

PERCENT CHANGE for DEM, for example, = (Actual DEM Vote - Expected DEM Vote) / (Expected DEM Vote)

This is a simple percent change measure taught in highschool mathematics.

EXPECTED_VOTES REP = the percentage of registered REP * the total number of voters who voted in each county on Tuesday.

EXPECTED votes would normally vary from the ACTUAL votes due to increased voter turnout or other factors. What seems very odd in these numbers is that the increase in ACTUAL votes from EXPECTED votes has a striking pattern of being so much higher for REPs than that for DEMs in counties using optical scan voting machines.

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http://enight.dos.state.fl.us/ and http://election.dos.state.fl.us/voterreg/index.shtml for registered voters by county and election results by county
http://vevo.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/ for voting machine type by county

Statistical Analysis and Visual Charts of the Data

Graphical Plots of FL 2004 Data
Graphical Plots FL 2000 Data - a
Graphical Plots FL 2000 Data - b
Statistical Significance FL 2004 & Graph
Statistical Comparison 2000 vs. 2004 & Graph
Pattern of Difference between 2000 and 2004
Pearson's Correlations FL 2004

Other Election Results Analyzed:

Florida Presidential 2000
Pennsylvania Presidential 2004

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Voters nationally voted along party lines by about 90%. We are in the midst of doing further studies of other states' election results and other measures of comparing counties for comparison.

by Kathy Dopp, kathy@directell.com, Wednesday November 3, 2004

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More voting irregularities:

http://inn.globalfreepress.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=980

http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news