March 20, 2004
Razor Thin Vote Count Difference of 0.2%
Wow
"The Central Election Commission declared that President Chen had 29,518 more votes than Lien Chan, the leader of the National Party, out of 13.25 million ballots cast..."
29518 / 13250000 = 0.002227... !!?!
Supporters of opposition candidate Lien Chan "stormed into a courthouse in central Taichung early Sunday to protest against his wafer-thin defeat in a presidential election. ... They are demanding recount and had given the court a deadline of 3:10 a.m. (1910 GMT) to respond to their grievances or they would storm the building, broadcaster ETTV reported."
Posted by david at March 20, 2004 11:47 AMComments