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Except that is 59 tests out of 1600. Let's at least assume all 400 people in the division wanted to vote D. Let's say there are 1000 tests of these 400 people (400k out of the 675K blacks). That they got it right 59 out of 1000 times is not impossible. The machines are dumbed down to prevent mistakes.

Here's how I look at it:

There are at least 59 precincts out of 1600. Each precinct reported 100%, and that the vote was 100% 0bama. If there are roughly 6000 registered voters per precinct, and 6000 (or more) of them chose 0bama, then that is a big enough sample to make some assumptions...

If 90% of black voters voted for 0bama, then 10% voted for other candidates. So, not including any errors (e.g. Ethiopians, Somalis, Mexicans were coached through the process with no errors), here's the population of the sample: 354,000.

Now, you and I know that in Chester, S. Philly, etc., Romney was not going to get 10%. But let's say that there were 1000 Republicans in those 59 precincts. That equals .002.

I should have said, statistically improbable, not impossible.

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I looked at the Richmond VA precincts and Obama won about 1000 to 7 and 8 in two cases. Based on that, I have to say Philly shows remarkable "unity". I don't think it is possible that roughly 400 out of 400 would have that unity 59 times out of 1600 without influence.

There are a couple possibilities people have mentioned in the thread. The one that seems plausible because it is simple is to "guide" some voters through the voting process. The majority will nod and do what they are supposed to. The ones that don't would get an assistant to point out which buttons to press.

I did not read that there was 100% turnout in any of the 59 divisions. The article is very poorly organized, but there is no indication there or any other article of 100% turnout which would point to fake voting. The highest I've seen in Virginia is 70% of adults voting in Petersburg (mostly black). I don't know the numbers percentages for registration of adults, but considering one can register just about anywhere here in Virginia, a high registration rate seems likely.