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jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:51 AM Jan 2012

Could Typo Rewrite Caucus History?

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Caucus night was chaotic in many places, with hundreds of voters, candidates showing up and the throngs of media who followed. The world's eyes were on Iowa. But in the quiet town of Moulton, Appanoose County, a caucus of 53 people may just blow up the results.
Edward True, 28, of Moulton, said he helped count the votes and jotted the results down on a piece of paper to post to his Facebook page. He said when he checked to make sure the Republican Party of Iowa got the count right, he said he was shocked to find they hadn't.
"When Mitt Romney won Iowa by eight votes and I've got a 20-vote discrepancy here, that right there says Rick Santorum won Iowa," True said. "Not Mitt Romney."
True said at his 53-person caucus at the Garrett Memorial Library, Romney received two votes. According to the Iowa Republican Party's website, True's precinct cast 22 votes for Romney.

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http://www.kcci.com/news/30144582/detail.html




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Could Typo Rewrite Caucus History? (Original Post) jakeXT Jan 2012 OP
Anyone surprised? NathanTheGreat Jan 2012 #1
Why do you need a secret location jakeXT Jan 2012 #8
Republicans are the party of business? CanonRay Jan 2012 #2
question is bigtree Jan 2012 #3
More from the article: I say we wait for the certified results justiceischeap Jan 2012 #4
So cheaters are cheating themselves? lonestarnot Jan 2012 #5
20 vs 2 should be easy enough to figure out in a 53 person caucus. dkf Jan 2012 #6
Transparent count process may have revealed reporting error... jakeXT Jan 2012 #7

NathanTheGreat

(78 posts)
1. Anyone surprised?
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:57 AM
Jan 2012

I'm sure the actual results were nowhere close to what the reported results are...the very problem with caucuses being that the people who are running them are completely biased and often will change the voting to better reflect their personal politics.

How do I get to be a caucus captain?

bigtree

(86,008 posts)
3. question is
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 11:00 AM
Jan 2012

where is Santorum on this? Is he in the bag for Romney, or is he going to challenge the results based on these reports?

I'd love to smash Santorum in the general. (there's just no way to make that sound right)

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
4. More from the article: I say we wait for the certified results
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 11:01 AM
Jan 2012
A spokeswoman with the Iowa Republican Party said True is not a precinct captain and he's not a county chairperson so he has no business talking about election results. She also said the party would not be giving interviews about possible discrepancies until the caucus vote is certified.


Looks like True may be an attention seeker.

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)
7. Transparent count process may have revealed reporting error...
Fri Jan 6, 2012, 01:01 PM
Jan 2012

"The story on Romney getting extra votes as a result of a typo looks credible IMO," tweeted The New York Times' statistical wunderkind Nate Silver tonight. "Romney did very badly in other precincts in that county."

Indeed, according to the Iowa GOP's posted results, out of 13 caucuses in Appanoose County, Romney received double-digits at only one other caucus beside Washington Wells. He is said to have received 20 votes at Vermillion Douglas Sharon, but other than those two sites, Romney received just 45 at the other 11 caucus sites combined...
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9044#more-9044
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