Ron Paul Undercounted?

So, did anyone else notice that the person who "certified" the results of the Iowa Straw Poll was a member of Mitt Romney's Leadership team? How about a little math on the Straw Poll (provided via Steve Watson of Infowars.net):

FUZZY MATH #1
So we know from the state Auditor that one �problem� machine contained 500 votes. Assuming most machines contained a similar pattern of use, then they should also contain about the same number of votes. 60 (machines) x 500 = 30,000 votes. That is more than TWICE as many as the official count. Based on a total vote count of 14,301, if all machines were used about equally, then the average number of votes per machine SHOULD have been 238 {14,301 (total votes) / 60 (machines) = 238 votes per machine}. What are the odds that one of the machines that �malfunctioned� and actually gave up an audited vote tally would contain TWICE as many votes as the �average� machine? But it gets worse�

FUZZY MATH #2
State Auditor David Vaudt (who unofficially certified the vote count) said that there were only 2 machines out of the 60 that were inconsistent (paper printout vs. electronic tabulation) and needed to be recounted. Mary Tiffany of the Iowa GOP said that a total of approximately 1500 votes were re-fed into the Diebold machines. Since we know that there were only two machines that were a problem and one of them contained 500 votes, then the second machine must have contained about 1000 ballots, which is more than FOUR TIMES what the �average� machine should contain based on a total vote of 14,301. It seems more likely that there were actually 3 problem machines, and the true average per machine was about 500 votes, which would have resulted in a total vote of about 30,000 which is twice the official total vote count.

Though it was reported that "there were nothing but Ron Paul signs in the crowd" and that his campaign signs lined the highways and streets leading into Ames, Iowa, Paul came in fifth place behind Romney, Huckabee, Brownback and Tancredo.

Some exit polls also suggested that Ron Paul had actually WON the poll outright, before the final result was announced.


Sounds pretty shady to me. Just imagine the absolute SHOCK waves that would reverberate around the country if Ron Paul had actually won that poll...

Another detail from Vote in the Sunshine: their exit polling gave quite contradictory results to the "official" voting results. Exit polling showed these results:

Ron Paul 37%
Mike Huckabee 21%
Tom Tancredo 17%
Mitt Romney 10%
Sam Brownback 7%
Tommy Thompson 4%
Duncan Hunter 1%
John McCain 1%
Fred Thompson 0%
John Cox 0%
Rudy Giuliani 0%
Hillary Clinton 0% (1 vote)
Dennis Kucinich 0% (1 vote)

That's awful different than the Mitt-Romney Campaign Manager who counted the votes, isn't it?

Go ahead, fit me for the tinfoil hat, but something looks awful fishy here.

Posted by: Ogre at 01:03 PM

Comments

1 I think it's time we started going back to paper ballots and double counting votes. I don't trust anyone anymore. Why should I?

Posted by: Kim Fay at August 17, 2007 10:58 PM (99vmI)

2 I think the paper ballots are good darn idea.

Posted by: Ogre at August 17, 2007 11:00 PM (GYzrk)

3 I think voter fraud is becoming the rule rather than the exception. It makes me wonder why I bother voting any more.

If Ron Paul miraculously wins the nomination, I'll recognize that I'm wrong (and be very happy), and I will gladly vote in November '08.

Posted by: Echo Zoe at August 18, 2007 01:07 PM (nIDjA)

4 I hate to admit it, but the more I look and the more involved I get, the more I have to agree with you.

The only reason I haven't stopped voting completely is because that's what the government WANTS me to do so they can take more control and claim they're legitimate.

Posted by: Ogre at August 18, 2007 01:30 PM (GYzrk)

5 I hear ya there. I am mildly afraid that if I don't vote, someone will sign my name and vote for me. At least a "none" vote takes that much away from them.

Posted by: Echo Zoe at August 20, 2007 01:42 PM (nIDjA)

6 Well, I think they'll just make up names and vote for them. It's easier than worrying about YOU showing up. That's almost legal here in NC -- no proof of, well, anything is required. And now since you can register and vote on the same day, literally anyone can show up and vote in NC -- as many times as you like.

No, it's not legal, but there's absolutely no way to catch you.

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