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For some interesting mathematical techniques that can be brought to bear on this issue, check out Benford's Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law htt
by suprgeek 15y ago
For some interesting mathematical techniques that can be brought to bear on this issue, check out Benford's Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benford%27s_law
If you have access to the Raw Voting numbers by district/region etc, this technique could make for some interesting analysis.
- jackpirate 15y agoIt's not obvious to me how this applies. Wouldn't most fraudulent vote counts also satisfy Benford's Law?
- scott_s 15y agoI would have thought not, but this paper argues that Benford's law is not useful for detecting voter fraud: http://www.vote.caltech.edu/drupal/node/327 http://www.vote.caltech.edu/drupal/node/327