Look at the results from Clinton, Mass.:
Hillary Clinton: 1,493
Barack Obama: 806
Joe Biden: 510
John Edwards: 47.
There is no way Joe Biden got 510 votes in Clinton, or anywhere else in Massachusetts.
They use optical scan ballots.
Please share widely!
The Globe’s numbers are only as accurate as its reporters’ notes. It’s just more probable that someone- either a reporter, or the person entering the data online- made a typo. The op-scan ballots have been in use for years here in Massachusetts and have proven accurate. There’s no Diebold conspiracy at play.
Very different numbers at CNN.
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p>Clinton 1,493 52%
Obama 806 28%
Edwards 47 2%
The screwy Boylston numbers hold though.
and Romney got 4%
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p>So unless there’s something very unusual about Salem Republicans, I’d say there are errors in the Globe’s reporting.
And 0 of 21 precincts in Arlington. What happened? Did the Globe forget that we separated from Cambridge in 1807?