Petition for a Balanced Calendar in Cobb Schools

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Mom 2 4

#276 Here We Go Again

2012-01-20 00:25

Balanced Calendar Issue -- Here we go again. Whether you are for or against it, here is today's proof that any survey done is not accurate. This statistic was copied and pasted from the Petition website... "3 261 people have signed this petition. The signatures originated from 2 526 different IP addresses" ...that is already 735 duplicate votes and the petition has only been out a week.

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#278 Re: Here We Go Again

2012-01-20 00:55:59

#276: Mom 2 4 - Here We Go Again 

 Perhaps more than one family member is voting.  I didn't think that was a problem.

Bring back the balanced calender

#281 Re: Here We Go Again

2012-01-20 02:21:42

#276: Mom 2 4 - Here We Go Again 

 

So we take out the duplicate ip addresses and we have a accurate vote. Wow sounds like you took too many breaks in school because even my 12 year old figured that 1 out!

Anonymous

#298 Re: Here We Go Again

2012-01-20 19:41:29

#276: Mom 2 4 - Here We Go Again 

This is not automatically an indication of duplicate votes. If the members of a single household all sign the petition from one computer, it would result in multiple votes from a single IP address. For example, if both spouses in a married couple who share one computer each signs the petition, that's 2 signatures from 1 IP address.

But you are correct in that the ratio of signatures to distinct IP addresses can indicate fraud. For example, if 3,000 people signed this petition from 2 different IP addresses, there's a problem. In this case, however, to deduce that 22% of the petitions signators are members of the same household is entirely reasonable.