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Originally Posted by MargaretR
In this thread Steeljack asked about electronic voting (as they do in USA).
It is a fact that vote rigging is easier when electronic voting is used.
Today an example of what looks like a 'leak' happened when Google published results of the Maine election before the vote count ended. - see thumbnails below
One pic shows the result (with the page of the time overlaying it), and the other shows the rapidly following correction.
PS look at the second thumnail 1st
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Maine is a caucus state which conducts straw polls at the various meeting locations around the state. There is no electronic voting.
I've seen the image you posted without the clock covering the numbers of votes. If those numbers were true, turnout would be more than double the 2008 Maine caucus. Not impossible but not likely.
It's more likely Google made a mistake or perhaps an engineer was testing. Either way it has nothing to do with electronic voting.