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2004-12-29
A series of dubious electoral stories? I don't know what to make of the following links gleaned from a series of posts to Dave Farber's IP list. All but the last three — which are the ones I ran into first — were written by Wayne Madsen. If it were just he, I'd be more skeptical. The Star Tribune is a reputable newspaper; their executive editor is a friend of mine.
As I was reading and thinking about these, I got to thinking. Didn't the difference between vote totals published by the government and the results of exit poll constitute the primary evidence that the original vote for President in the Ukraine was rigged? If so, why wasn't the same kind of difference [PDF, HTML here] in the US Presidential election treated as similar evidence? Not to get carried away with this, but I'd sure like to know the difference between the two cases.
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