- 2008 Presidential Primary: Average of polling preceding week predicted McCain winning by 3.6% (actual 5.5%) and Obama winning by 8.3% (Clinton won by 2.6%). Obama won in hand count towns 53.25%-46.75% and Clinton won in machine count towns 52.73%-47.27%.(5 )
- 2008 General Election (presidential, US Senate
and two contested congressional races): Election Defense Alliance conducted
an exit poll at three machine and
one hand count polling places. Disparities between official totals and
exit poll data, adjusted to account for party affiliation, ranged from 4.2%
to 10.4%
in
congressional races, 4.0% to 11.0% in Senate race, and 6.0% to 15.6% in
presidential election.(6)
Connecticut Audits
Connecticut uses the AccuVote serviced by the same vendor, LHS. It conducts pre-and post- election checks on memory cards and random recounts of ballots.
- Nov. 2008 memory card audits showed more "junk data" than acceptable.(7)
- A coalition of citizens groups reported "Connecticut's November 2008 Post-Election Audits Report Large Differences from Optical Scanner Totals" that varied by as much as 366 votes in one race and by 46% in another.(8)
1 http://voter.engr.uconn.edu/voter/reports/ "State-wide Elections,
Optical Scan Voting Systems, and the Pursuit of Integrity" (2008)
2 http://www.sos.nh.gov/2006_general_election_recounts.htm, http://www.sos.nh.gov/recount%20agenda.htm
3 http://www.sos.nh.gov/recounthillsrep.htm, http://www.sos.nh.gov/recounthills.htm
4 http://www.bbvforums.org/forums/messages/157/69431.html?1227454203
5 http://electiondefensealliance.org/new_hampshire_2008_primary_analysis
6 http://electiondefensealliance.org/EDA-Exit-Polls-2008
7 http://voter.engr.uconn.edu/voter/audit-reports/
8 http://www.ctelectionaudit.org/?p=40
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