Okay. Disconnect is connected.
"That's right, Mr. Obama won the majority of Wood County's 108% of registered voters."
My misunderstanding followed your misunderstanding.
They were pointing out that more people were registered than were eligible and that the suspect 8% represents possible voter fraud. Not that-that many people had voted. You operated under the assumption that-that was their claim and then I went along with it because the extra 8% registration was suspect, but I didn't think we were talking about actual votes. Then when you said we were, it led me to believe there was an entirely different county involved.
To be fair, the Examiner did quote the people who made the petition, but that wasn't the author's wording. They need to be told about the misunderstanding however.
I take it, then, that you are open to a similar investigation of the Romney campaign in Lawrence County? This, fairly dependable, red county had more registered voters than actual eligible voters this time around. What better place to try and pad votes than in a county that isn't getting the same attention as other, more contentious ones, were? Further, the increase almost perfectly matches the the results--171 vote difference. Though, to be fair, the actual number of voters exceeding the actually eligible is only 1632. The breakdown is as follows.
Lawrence 45,687(RV '08) 49,433(RV '12) 3,746 (Chng) 8.2% (Chg%) 47,801(Eligible Voters)
The vote in 2012:
Romney: 57 percent (14,371 votes), Obama: 41 percent (10,454 votes).
But, I don't hear complaints about this county by the right at all. Where is the outrage at the possible voter fraud here?!?
