Sample Counts - What exactly happened and what is it?

Vigilante911 said:

Sample counts so accurate meh?

Hahahaha......make my toes laugh.

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HTOLAS said:

I can clarify the following because I witnessed them:

• Sample counting was done at the counting centre
• Ballot boxes were not reopened (after they are sealed at 07:45 before the start of polling) at the polling centres.
• When ballot boxes arrived at the counting centre, they were distributed to the counting tables such that each table had boxes from different polling centres.
• Counting agents were asked to witness the opening of the boxes.
• Ballot papers were then poured onto the counting tables in full view.
• CAs were then shown the insides of the boxes and the covers.
• The centre IC then asked the counters to toss up the ballot papers so as to get a more random sampling.
• That done, the counters were told to take out 100 papers from their table at random. Table ICs supervised the process.
• These 100 were then sorted among the parties.
• Each table IC announced their count to the Centre IC in front of the CAs.
• The Centre ICs collated the results and reported them to the constituency IC.
• Counting of all the ballots started after the report was made.

I hope this helps.

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xpo2015 said:

While everyone were engrossed in the sample count process, can PAP sneak in some extra ballot boxes from the back door? Because PAP has track records of sneaking in candidates from the back door!

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• 100 ballots per table
• and there were 6 or 8 (I forget) counting tables at the centre
• and there were at least 2 counting centres per GRC (depending on the size of the GRC)
• so, the sample would be about 1200 to 1600 ballots for a small GRC.

Leckmichamarsch said:

I am a tad confused............ a sample size of 100 is too small statistically

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Vigilante911 said:

Sample counts so accurate meh?

Hahahaha......make my toes laugh.

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