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WritersBlock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Dec-14-04 08:07 AM
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2. This has bothered me ... precincts chosen "at random"
But unless they're chosen in the presence of the recount observers, in a way that ensures a random selection, how do we know the choice of precincts is truly random? (I'm not versed in statistics, so I can't say what that would be - I'd have different people draw precinct numbers out of a hat after everyone in the room agreed that each precinct's number was indeed in the hat, I guess?)

Anyway, my point is that, hell, that statute was on the books long before the election. I don't think for a minute that there wasn't advance planning to take care of choosing precincts "at random" in the event of a recount.

:tinfoilhat:

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