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Thu Dec-16-04 11:01 PM
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18. extrapolate this

I know, I know, extrapolation is wrong. So sue me.
Here goes.

Take X's gained votes, multiply by original total, divide by new total so far. This gives an extrapolation to the number of votes we can expect
each candidate to get after the remaining counties are tallied.

X= Gregoire, get 698
Y= Rossi, get 639 after rounding.

This is a difference of 59, which would mean Gregoire would win by 17
instead of losing by 42......

NB this doesn't include the 500+ unexamined ballots.

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