Here is a pair of great links from the Oralando Sentinel:
http://orlandosentinel.com/elections/lost.htm
http://orlandosentinel.com/news/flmap.htm
Two points immediately jumped out at me, before I've had
a chance to play with the numbers in Excel.
1) The percentage of spoiled ballots in Palm Beach County,
while rather high, is not unusual. In fact, several counties
had a greater percentage of spoiled ballots.
2) Some have argued that punch-card balloting results in more
spoiled ballots than OptiScan. Instead, it appears that a
much more determinant factor in the number of spoiled ballots
is wether they were tallied at the precinct or at a central
location. This is a *very* interesting number for those
people who argue that greater handling of ballots reduces accuracy.
JDG
John D. Giorgis
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