Google Trends Electionland

Post by drzaiusapelord » Tue, Nov 08, 2016, 8:17 PM UTC

jdormit wrote: post #130

drzaiusapelord wrote: post #119

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Merely last name and DOB brings up a fairly unique value. This is what Walgreens, and others, now use instead of SSN. There was an earlier HN item about how DOB, gender, and Zip identifies 87% of the US population uniquely. No SSN needed in either case. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2942967

I would argue that 87% is an unacceptable margin of error given that we are talking about the presidential election.

Post by mangeletti » Tue, Nov 08, 2016, 8:34 PM UTC

hvoiiita wrote: post #150

mangeletti wrote: post #45

I just had to vote "provisional" myself (Palm Beach County). I have a feeling there is going to be a lot of fraud reports against the Florida Board of Elections. We registered almost 2 weeks before our Oct 11 deadline, yet neither my wife nor I were in their system - we received no mail or anything from the BoE. My vote, I'm absolutely certain now, will be thrown in the trash. Even if it isn't, the election will be o…

Same thing happened to me in Ohio. I had moved nearly two months ago and changed my voting registration almost immediately. Still had my old address listed. Hopefully, theres nothing that goes wrong with the provisional votes.

Post by EdHominem » Tue, Nov 08, 2016, 8:53 PM UTC

nickysielicki wrote: post #110

dmix wrote: post #69

Apparently a bunch of states (23?) are using a software system called Interstate Crosscheck to look for "double voters". > Election officials in more than two dozen states have compiled lists of citizens whom they allege could be registered in more than one state – thus potentially able to cast multiple ballots – and eligible to be purged from the voter rolls. The problem is that it often only uses a persons name as…

> So if a person votes with the same first/last name as another person in another state, it's possible that vote could be wiped out. It was even matching names even though there were differences in middle names or had Jr/Sr at the end. Funny how this exact same problem was a non-issue for the left when it came to "No-fly, No-Buy."

Post by bronson » Tue, Nov 08, 2016, 8:54 PM UTC

wesnerm2 wrote: post #143

bronson wrote: post #137

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That margin of error is across the whole country. Vote checking would run over a much smaller area.

It doesn't matter if it's across the whole country because the identification incorporates zipcodes. All ambiguities are local to a single town.

Post by nickysielicki » Tue, Nov 08, 2016, 9:06 PM UTC

EdHominem wrote: post #155

nickysielicki wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> So if a person votes with the same first/last name as another person in another state, it's possible that vote could be wiped out. It was even matching names even though there were differences in middle names or had Jr/Sr at the end. Funny how this exact same problem was a non-issue for the left when it came to "No-fly, No-Buy."

No-fly is a republican-president's policy. And not surprisingly, it's 100% worthless for security. (But you're right about the no-buy thing. Dems are willing to burn the constitution to limit guns to some people.)