---
title: Did your vote count
categories:
- culture
content-tags:
- usa
- voting
- government
---

Conspiracy theories are [gaining traction][1].

   [1]: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1106-30.htm

  * [Suspicious ballot routing][2] in Ohio
  * Strange numbers from [Palm Beach County][3] and [the rest of Florida][4]
  * Correlations between [exit polling discrepancies and use of paperless voting machines][5] are being widely cited.
  * Correlations between [deviation from party registration and voting machines][6]. (N.B. "no conclusions can yet be drawn from this data and analyses.")

Lest I come across as too partisan, I'll assert that any event on the scale of our national elections is bound to have a few anamolies, and clearly the swing states are going to get a lot of scrutiny from the losing party.

   [2]: http://americablog.blogspot.com/archives/2004_10_31_americablog_archive.html#109946880458828314
   [3]: http://dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/65116/2975
   [4]: http://dailykos.com/story/2004/11/3/52213/1921
   [5]: http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=285#147
   [6]: http://ustogether.org/Florida_Election.htm

Regardless, the integrity of the electoral system is critical to our democracy and anything fishy deserves investigation.  Thankfully there are folks [on the case][7] to restore public confidence.

   [7]: http://www.blackboxvoting.org/
