You count a
sample of 20 paper receipts and Al is ahead 15 to 5. Other than Al won
the sample, you have learned absolutely nothing about the correctness of
the total vote.

Right. Then you compare the paper sample to the electronic sample and
find that Al is ahead 12-8 in the electronic sample. You now know,
which you didn't before, that the voting is rigged (or busted). Had the
tallys matched, you would have more confidence than before that the
voting was fairly counted electronically, and could trust the other
electronic tallys.

Jose
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You can choose whom to befriend, but you cannot choose whom to love.
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