Monthly Archives: June 2021

NYT: There’s no evidence to support claims that election observers were blocked from counting rooms

New York Times reports Nov. 7, 2020: On Twitter and in interviews, President Trump and his supporters have alleged that his campaign observers were blocked from ballot-counting rooms, hindering their ability to witness and report several instances of what the … Continue reading

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EXPLAINER: Why poll watcher complaints don’t amount to fraud

From the AP, Nov. 14, 2020: President Donald Trump’s legal allies have launched a flurry of lawsuits arguing that widespread fraud could have been committed because its poll watchers didn’t get proper access to the voting process. Most of those … Continue reading

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‘No, Georgia election workers didn’t kick out observers and illegally count ‘suitcases’ of ballots’

Politifact writes about the most talked about example of purported fraud in the 2020 election: A video presented by Rudy Giuliani and promoted by the Trump campaign purports to show Georgia election workers illegally counting suitcases full of ballots after … Continue reading

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Shifting identification: A theory of apologies and pseudo-apologies

Joshua M. Bentley published in 2015: Highlights: Apologies let offenders identify with victims and distance themselves from offenses. Apologies let third parties identify with offenders but not with the offenses. Pseudo-apologies let offenders distance themselves from their offenses and victims. … Continue reading

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Ethnic/Racial, Religious, and Demographic Predictors of Organ Donor Registration Status

Seems like a good proxy for citizenship (a la you would expect the core of a society to be more pro-society than the fringe). From this 2017 study: “Race/ethnicity, religion, and educational attainment were significant predictors of ODRS. Non-Hispanic whites … Continue reading

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