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Election Reform

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1. Because more Democrats tend to vote absentee compared to Republicans, and ...

Thu Nov 29, 2012, 10:38 PM

Nov 2012

and more Democrats were taken off voter lists/targeted this election so there were more Democrats that had to vote with a provisional ballot.
Also, many of the remaining ballots are coming in from BLUE states.

The current vote totals here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AjYj9mXElO_QdHpla01oWE1jOFZRbnhJZkZpVFNKeVE

and here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012#Results

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Obama getting 55% of the Vote [View all] RobertEarl Nov 2012 OP

Link, please? n/t DonViejo Nov 2012 #2

O> 50.90% M> 49.36% not 55% FogerRox Nov 2012 #3

7,082,155 Late Votes, Foger!! RobertEarl Nov 2012 #5

NY has yet to announce our absentee ballot numbers yet. hrmjustin Nov 2012 #4

Election map ilikemaps Dec 2012 #6

It has to do with where votes are "red shifted." Cliff Arnebeck Jan 2013 #7

Hello, Cliff RobertEarl Jan 2013 #8