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Why is it so hard to get an accurate vote count?

  • Written by Michael Traugott, Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan
Election workers unload a bag of ballots brought in a from a polling precinct to the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office in Sacramento, California. AP/Rich Pedroncelli

In Kansas this past August, vote totals in the Republican primary for governor fluctuated by more than 100 votes over the course of a few days, and the winner – Secret...

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