There’s lots of uninformed buzz on Twitter today about a report purporting to show 141 percent voter turnout in St. Lucie County, Florida:
Dead people vote here too?… Massive Voter Fraud in St. Lucie County, FL – 141% Turnout http://t.co/y4YbkgyU #tcot #LUR #unions #1u
— LUR™️ (@WorkPlaceRpt) November 10, 2012
BREAKING: St. Lucie County, Florida Had 141.1% Voter Turnout http://t.co/OGQoiuam
— vintage-airstream (@airstreamer) November 10, 2012
WOW- AMAZING @FLGovScott 141% voted for Obama in Pt Lucie FL. VOTER FRAUD rampant in FL where's investigation? http://t.co/GKAFsvRl
— SLSTCP (@bodysouls) November 10, 2012
Interesting, just read that StLucie county FL had 141% TURNOUT??? WE must find out turnout at EVERY (cont) http://t.co/YVfVRjrP
— NG Holland ⭐⭐⭐ (@norweaver) November 10, 2012
Massive Voter Fraud in St. Lucie County, Florida – The Unofficial vote count is 175,554 registered voters 247,713 vote cards cast(141.10% )
— Richard Bleuze (@247wagering) November 10, 2012
As a resident of FL, I demand Attorney General @PamBondi launch an investigation into how SLC got 141% voter turnout. http://t.co/0az3VfZU
— Flora Duh (@FloraDuh1) November 10, 2012
Twitter user @NathanWurtzel points out that the figure is based on “cards cast,” which is not the same as votes cast.
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https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/267264943353630720
It appears that “cards cast” refers to the number of ballots times the number of pages on each ballot. So if the ballot is two pages long, “cards cast” should be twice the number of ballots cast.
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/267266540120989696
https://twitter.com/jacobperry/status/267338779528945664
https://twitter.com/jacobperry/status/267355803059642369
https://twitter.com/jacobperry/status/267330955767869440
Does voter fraud exist? Yes.
Is it prevalent enough to explain Barack Obama’s margin of victory (about three million votes nationwide, about 74,000 votes in Florida)? No.
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