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		happyopossum on July 31, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Suspicious data pattern in recent Venezuelan elect... But that’s not what happened, if you read the article it actually expands everything out to the seventh decimal, and they’re not all zeros

jvanderbot on July 31, 2024 | [–]

Yes, they are not all zeros, but they are exactly what you'd expect if someone picked percentages that were all zeros, then added +1/-1 to get integer votes.

So the argument is once removed, but still compelling.

tumult on July 31, 2024 | [–]

It is equivalent to all zeroes with the numeric precision used.

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