November 22, 2004

Berkeley bunkum

By Richard Baehr
For the past few days, the die—hard internet conspiracy theorists, desperate to cling to some thread of reasoning that will reassure them that Kerry actually won — that Bush stole the 2004 election —  have been touting a 'study' released by some sociology students at the University of California at Berkeley.  The paper, titled The Effect of Electronic Voting Machines on Change in Support for Bush in the 2004 Florida Election, suggests that Bush received a surprisingly large number of votes in three heavily—Democratic counties in Southeast Florida that used electronic voting machines in this election.   The implication is that something nefarious took place there, and that Bush's vote totals in these three counties were not legitimate.  The authors of this study should be embarrassed with what they have released.  To put it starkly, their 'study' is garbage, and the methodology and conclusions are ridiculous.  The study...(Read Full Article)