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ahimsa

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Thu Nov-25-04 02:48 AM
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10. I'm no mathematician either..

but it looks like you are simply adjusting the final vote to match the absentee percent. Change the question to this:

How many votes would I need to add to Kerry's total to make the % match his absentee %?

Well, his absentee % is 54.8% and his total % is 49.9% so I'd need to add 4.9% of the total votes, which is 1244. So add 1244 to 12769 and voila! I've made the adjustment.

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