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But as the article says, if you add a certain percentage of votes to one candidate, you don't actually break Benford's law. I wonder why this law is used for d

by joss82 17y ago

But as the article says, if you add a certain percentage of votes to one candidate, you don't actually break Benford's law. I wonder why this law is used for detecting fraud...

jgrahamc 17y ago
It's not clear that it should be used for elections. See for example, http://www.jgc.org/blog/2009/06/does-benfords-law-apply-to-election.html http://www.jgc.org/blog/2009/06/does-benfords-law-apply-to-e...