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Does Voting Technology Affect Election Outcomes?

Posted by Zonk on from the e-galitarian dept.

l2718 writes "Two economists have just posted a paper online, showing a small correlation between counties' use of paperless electronic voting systems and voting results in the recent presidential election (after controlling for other factors). They found no evidence for systematic fraud by testing several potential indicators. Rather, the voting method seems to affect the relative turnout of different voter demographies. Thanks to Election Law Blog for the pointer."

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  1. Re:Diebold Errors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    None of the counties you listed run Diebold touchscreens.

    Broward County, FL: ES&S
    Franklin County, OH: Danaher Control
    Craven County, NC: ES&S
    Carteret County, NC: Unilect
    LaPorte County, IN: ES&S
    Sarpy County, NE: ES&S

    Nice FUD