Post by dgriffin on Jan 9, 2009 15:10:30 GMT -5
New Items Posted on FactCheck.Org:
Q: What's the deal with Prof. Joseph Olson's "unreported stats" from the 2008 election?
A: This chain e-mail is a hoax. The "statistics" are grossly incorrect, and Prof. Olson says he didn't write it.
urbanlegends.about.com/od/government/a/election_stats.htm
Q: Is it true that 36 percent to 37 percent of eligible voters failed to vote in the recent presidential election?
A: Actually, the number is slightly higher than that: 38.4 percent of eligible voters didn't cast a ballot for president in 2008. Even more -- 39.9 percent -- didn't vote in 2006.