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Vote Miscounts or Exit Poll Error?

Electronic vote counting equipment makes it easy for a few persons to electronically manipulate vote counts and virtually impossible to independently audit vote count accuracy. Without routine independent audits of hand-countable voter verified paper ballots, insiders have freedom to manipulate vote counts with negligible possibility of detection.This new exit poll discrepancy function allows us, for the first time, to know what patterns of exit poll discrepancy result from various combinations ofvote miscounts,partisan exit poll completion rate differences, andrandom sampling error (by simulation).These patterns can be compared with actual discrepancy patterns produced in elections to determine what causes are consistent with actual election discrepancy.This paper also outlines statistical methods to determine the number of precincts with significant discrepancy, and how to test precinct-level exit poll and official election results data for consistency with partisan exit poll response rate explanations. Using these methods, mathematicians or statisticians can determine if vote miscounts are indicated prior to when candidates concede future elections

Attitudes of US Voters toward Prisoner Rehabilitation and Reentry Policies (FOCUS)

In February, 2006, NCCD commissioned Zogby International to conduct a national public opinion poll about American attitudes toward rehabilitation and reentry of prisoners into their home communities. The results of the poll showed that striking majorities favor rehabilitation as a major goal of incarceration

Lowy Institute poll 2015

This poll investigates Australian attitudes to military participation in Iraq, the role the Government should play in the upcoming international climate negotiations, views on foreign investment in real estate, feelings about nations such as China and Indonesia, and attitudes to a range of foreign leaders. Overview After a year marked by an unusual intensity in Australia’s interactions with the world, the 2015 Lowy Institute Poll includes findings from a mix of new questions together with established tracking questions on some of the critical issues of our time. In this year’s Poll, we asked Australians about risks to Australia’s security such as terrorism and the risk of military conflict in our region. The Poll investigates attitudes to military participation in Iraq, the role the Government should play in the upcoming international climate negotiations, views on foreign investment in real estate, feelings about nations such as China and Indonesia, and attitudes to a range of foreign leaders. In the eleven years of the Lowy Institute Poll, our goal has been to broaden and deepen the debate about Australia’s foreign policy, based on real data on how Australians think about the world. The 2015 Lowy Institute Poll continues this tradition, with a fascinating set of new results. Key findings This year’s Poll has recorded the lowest feeling of safety among Australians, and the sharpest decline in optimism about the nation’s economic performance in the world, in our 11-year polling history. A majority (69%) see Islamic State as a high risk to Australia\u27s security, and 69% support Australia’s military participation in Iraq, while only 20% think it makes Australia safer from terrorism in the future. The Poll has recorded the third consecutive rise in Australians’ concern about global warmin

Challenges to Fair Elections 5: Poll Worker Training

If elections are the foundation of our democracy, then poll workers are the gears and wheels that make the mechanics of democracy function on Election Day. Regrettably, this human factor is often overlooked and under-supported. States squeak by each year with a bare minimum of poll workers who receive inadequate training for an increasingly complex task. Recent surveys, press accounts, and troubled primary elections attest to the problem

Poll: Sick in America

Compares the experiences with and views of healthcare costs and quality (including during hospitalization) and their contributing factors among Americans with a serious illness, medical condition, injury, or disability with those of the general public

New Hampshire Primary Poll 12/23/2007

TITLE: Boston Globe NH Primary Poll 12/23/200

India poll 2013

This paper presents the results of a comprehensive survey on the attitudes of Indian citizens towards their future in the world. Key issues covered in the poll include: Indian perceptions of India\u27s economic future, India\u27s role in the world, domestic policy priorities, the challenge of corruption, and relations with other countries including China, the United States and Pakistan.The India Poll 2013 is a collaboration between the Lowy Institute for International Policy and the Australia India Institute. Key findings: 74% of Indians are optimistic about the prospects for India\u27s economy 80-85% of Indians see shortages of energy, food and water as big threats to their country\u27s security, while 94% consider Pakistan a threat, and 83% consider China a threat 95% of Indians support the democratic rights of fair trial, free expression and the right to vote 96% of Indians think corruption is holding India bac

Q methodology and a Delphi poll: a useful approach to researching a narrative approach to therapy

Q methodology and a Delphi poll combined qualitative and quantitative methods to explore definitions of White and Epston's (1990) narrative approach to therapy among a group of UK practitioners. A Delphi poll was used to generate statements about narrative therapy. The piloting of statements by the Delphi panel identified agreement about theoretical ideas underpinning narrative therapy and certain key practices. A wider group of practitioners ranked the statements in a Q sort and made qualitative comments about their sorting. Quantitative methods (principal components analysis) were used to extract eight accounts of narrative therapy, five of which are qualitatively analysed in this paper. Agreement and differences were identified across a range of issues, including the social construction of narratives, privileging a political stance or narrative techniques and the relationship with other therapies, specifically systemic psychotherapy. Q methodology, combined with the Delphi poll, was a unique and innovative feature of this study

2004 Presidential Election: Who Won The Popular Vote? An Examination of the Comparative Validity of Exit Poll and Vote Count Data

* There is a substantial discrepancy -- well outside the margin of error and outcomedeterminative -- between the national exit poll and the popular vote count.* The possible causes of the discrepancy would be random error, a skewed exit poll, or breakdown in the fairness of the voting process and accuracy of the vote count.* Analysis shows that the discrepancy cannot reasonably be accounted for by chance or random error.* Evidence does not support hypotheses that the discrepancy was produced by problems with the exit poll.* Widespread breakdown in the fairness of the voting process and accuracy of the vote count are the most likely explanations for the discrepancy.* In an accurate count of a free and fair election, the strong likelihood is that Kerry would have been the winner of the popular vote.This document was originally published by Verified Vote 2004, and is authored by Jonathan Simon, currently with Election Defense Alliance