“True the Vote Changes Report without Acknowledging Error”

Yesterday I linked to a FairVote post explaining problems in True The Vote’s recent report on the 2012 elections. Today Rob Richie of FairVote sent this follow-up to the election law listserv (reprinted here with permission):

As an addendum. Since we posted Andrea’s blog last night, True the Vote has changed its report, but with nary an apology for its huge error that was widely reported in the conservative blogosphere. See

http://www.scribd.com/doc/127481956/2012-Voter-Suppression-Myth.

The report authors now simply say in the section of the report that had their erroneous turnout conclusions

<<  The Real Impacts of Voter ID Laws:  After new data being made available regarding 2012 turnout rates, True the Vote is currently reassessing its methodology for comparing the impacts voter ID laws. This report will be updated shortly. >>

Note that Michael McDonald’s turnout data on 2012 has been available for weeks. But True the Vote chose to use his data only for 2008 and then use turnout of registered voters for 2012.

Perhaps someone should take a look at its other findings in its report on voter complaints.

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