Integer percentages as electoral falsification fingerprints · HackerPapers discussions

Integer percentages as electoral falsification fingerprints — mentioned by ChicagoBoy11

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 03:37:13 GMT

About half a year ago a paper was posted here on HN about research which conclusively demonstrated vote manipulation in several provinces in Russia: https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6059 The technique essentially uses the non-random distribution of round numbers in vote counts as indication that some sort of manipulation has taken place. At the very least, it would seem prudent (or perhaps a fun project for someone) to check if election returns in this past election pass this test.

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Integer percentages as electoral falsification fingerprints — mentioned by ams6110

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:30:14 GMT

I had no trouble accessing the paper using the PDF link on the page (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.6059v4.pdf)

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Integer percentages as electoral falsification fingerprints — HN submission

Sun, 03 Jul 2016 21:36:49 GMT

Integer percentages as fingerprints of electoral falsification

225 points; 70 discussion replies on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.