Reply #11: Well, I would expect Florida [View All]

would be a priority, but I don't know.

And, BeFree, I have never said I don't believe in fraud! I'd be very surprised if there wasn't fraud in 2004. I know there was voter suppression, and I know some of it was deliberate, and I know fraud is possible, so why wouldn't I believe it? Especially in Florida.

I think it is extremely improbable that millions of votes were stolen nationwide, as the only evidence for that is the exit polls themselves, and I don't actually think that argument holds water, for reasons I've given elsewhere. But I do think it is possible that thousands of votes were stolen, and if I was going to start looking somewhere, I'd look in Florida - in fact I did. that was the state that Bush had to win in 2000, so surely that has to be the state most tempting to anyone wanting to rig the election. Especially as Gore won more of the overvotes in Florida, and with the demise of the punchcards, Bush would have been set to lose, all other things being equal.

But I don't have to convince you of this. I have no evidence for fraud in Florida, but I have none against it either. All I'd say is that the exit poll data are unlikely to help. There just aren't enough precincts. There may well not be a single NEP precinct in those small counties.