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[troubleinwinter]

Zogby poll question:

In some states, members of the public have the right to view the counting of votes and verify how that process is working. In other states, citizens are in effect barred from viewing vote counting even if they would like to view the process.

A: Citizens have the right to view and obtain information about how election officials count votes. (91.7%)

B: Citizens do not have the right to view and obtain information about how elections officials count votes. (5.9%)

http://www.bradblog.com/wp-content/uploads/Zogby%20X-tabbed%20data%208-23-06%20release.pdf

The poll question indicates that a great majority of Americans assume they have the right to view information about how voting is counted.

Though the question is clear, the 'results' are reported as something else entirely:

At a stunning rate of 92%, Americans insist on the right to watch their votes being counted.

Michael Collins, ('autorank') http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0608/S00220.htm

I see nothing of the sort about Americans "insisting" on anything. They apparently assumed they were able to obtain information about how votes are counted. That's what the question posed.

As The BRAD BLOG reported two days ago, a new Zogby poll has revealed that a stunning 92% of Americans want their vote counted transparently and not by secret vote counting machines. http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3307

The poll "revealed" no such thing.

The sponsor (who paid for the poll) immediately represented the poll as:

"The 92% support for the public's right to view vote counting and obtain information about it is a very strong political value of transparency and against secret vote counting outside the observation of the public," said Paul Lehto, a lawyer and sponsor of the survey." "To put this figure in context, support for election transparency exceeds the support for tax cuts, exceeds the approval of Pres. Bush immediately after 9-11, and virtually all other political values being measured." http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1163

The survey question asks nothing about support for anything. Maybe the people do, but the question was not asked.