The Devil Is in the Digits: Evidence That Iran's Election Was Rigged

Washington Post | Jun. 20, 2009 (Opinion)

We'll concentrate on vote counts -- the number of votes received by different candidates in different provinces -- and in particular the last and second-to-last digits of these numbers. For example, if a candidate received 14,579 votes in a province (Mr. Karroubi's actual vote count in Isfahan), we'll focus on digits 7 and 9. Full Story »

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Topics: Iran, Democracy In the Middle East
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Posted by: Posted by Subramanya Sastry - Jun 22, 2009 - 6:14 AM PDT
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Edited by: Subramanya Sastry - Jun 22, 2009 - 6:14 AM PDT

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Shawn Powers
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 by Shawn Powers - Jun. 22, 2009

I didn't find the evidence as compelling as the authors did. Would need more comparative examples and context to prove their point.

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Subramanya Sastry
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 by Subramanya Sastry - Jun. 22, 2009

Very interesting analysis of vote counts.

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